light and healthy dessert.
6. Salmon
Nutritionists can’t recommend this seriously healthy fish enough.
It’s a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids (3 ounces provides as much as 1,800 mg), healthy fats that reduce the risk of heart disease, whittle your waistline, reduce inflammation, and improve insulin resistance.
Salmon is also one of the best non-dairy sources of vitamin D around.
Eat up: Sauté a salmon fillet for dinner instead of chicken or meat once or twice a week (it’s easy to season and toss in the oven), or add canned salmon to salads or omelets.
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7. Tuna
Another amazingly healthy fish, a 3-ounce piece of tuna contains 1,300 mg of omega-3s and a respectable amount of vitamin D to boot.
But tuna can be high in mercury, a compound that may cause neurological problems in huge doses.
To be safe, buy canned light tuna instead of albacore and limit your tuna intake to 12 ounces a week.
Eat up: Make tuna salad sandwiches, pile on whole wheat crackers as a snack, or throw steaks on the