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Sardines and herring are not as noted for heavy metal as salmon, tuna and shark. Larger animals are better able to bioaccumulate toxins.

I happen to have recipe for the best damn ribs you ever had. I could tell you how to make them, but then I would have to kill you.

Interestingly, groups with good diets and health, such as the Japanese or Native Americans, have the same stats with respect to heart disease and other maladies associated with western cultures when they start with the western diet. You are what you eat, to a certain point.

A lot of this is linked to genetics. For example, in the days of my youth, I had a physical to clear me for football or baseball, that revealed I was in excellent health, low cholesterol, good BP and heart rate. My Father, who at the time was a fat, sedentary smoker who ate a dozen eggs and a pound of bacon a week, had all the same statistics as me. I figure with my good habits, I am good to go up into triple digits.