Our wild Alaskan Sockeye Salmon offers special appeal to those—like many of us here at Vital Choice—who like their wild salmon firm and flavorful.

These sustainably harvested fish are a super-healthy source of protein, rich in long-chain omega-3 essential fatty acids, and potent natural antioxidants.

And sockeye is a nearly unrivalled food source of bone-saving, cancer-curbing vitamin D, with a whopping 1,100 IU per 6-oz serving, or nearly triple the US RDA.

Our flash-frozen portions come vacuum-sealed for superior quality and convenience. Certified Kosher by EarthK

If you haven't tried our Wild Red Sockeye Salmon you're in for a treat, because it tastes much fresher and firmer than standard supermarket brands.

The rich, red color of the meat and oil is unlike any you're likely to have had before. And minimal processing ensures that you'll get the maximum amount of nutrients naturally abundant in Sockeye Salmon: omega-3s, vitamin D, and astaxanthin (a potent orange-red antioxidant pigment).

Choose Skinless-Boneless Wild Red, or Traditional Style with skin and soft edible bones for extra flavor and ample calcium.

Both kinds are available with or without added salt ... and several varieties come in EZ-Open pull-tab tops.

“You are providing a wonderful health-giving service to the planet with your business. And it is a pleasure to bring this information to my audience. It is also a pleasure to snap open these little cans of salmon and have an instant healthy meal!”

-- Dr. Christiane Northrup

Vital Choice fresh-frozen organic blueberries, strawberries and red raspberries are rich in anti-aging antioxidants, and draw customer comments like this:
"OH MY GOODNESS! I cannot believe the flavor ... the taste reminds me of something from my childhood. Thanks for a great product!"

Berries are incredibly healthful foods, and it's smart to seek out organic berries, grown without synthetic pesticides.

Our organic berries come in convenient one pound bags, each yielding about 3-1/2 cups. They freeze well, so you can keep plenty on hand!

As reported by The New York Times yesterday, raw Tuna from several New York City sushi bars and supermarkets contains relatively high levels of mercury.

To anyone in the know, the Times’ report by long-time food writer Marion Burros – “High Mercury Levels Are Found in Tuna Sushi” – comes as a penetrating glimpse into the obvious.

Why were the Times’ test results were entirely predictable?

Tuna and other predatory fish accumulate mercury from the smaller fish they eat, which contain low levels of mercury. And Tuna sushi typically comes from larger, older Tuna.

Unfortunately, the Times’ coverage buried the fact that certain fish – including Salmon, Sardines, and small, young Tuna like ours – offer the best of both worlds, being very high in omega-3s and very low in mercury.

Tuna is not inherently high in mercury. For example, we purchase only troll-caught Albacore Tuna that weighs 12 pounds

You'll savor the extra-pure Tuna and Salmon that comes with our Sushi Ensemble

or less, to ensure that it is very low in mercury compared with standard canned or fresh Tuna.

Our Albacore Tuna is caught by our down-the-street neighbor, Paul Hill, who custom-harvests these small, young, sustainable fish just for us. (To learn more, see “Vital Choice Tuna: Safer and Tastier”.)

(All flash-frozen fish is considered “sushi safe”, because solid-freezing kills any and all unwanted freeloaders in raw fish. But it’s smart to select super-fresh premium seafood like ours, which is kept cold until it’s flash-frozen within hours of harvest.)

As this chart shows, our Albacore is very low in mercury (level shown in blue bar at left, vs. standard canned Albacore level in red bar ... click chart to view larger version):

Next Friday, February 1st, is National “Wear Red” Day: a campaign by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the American Heart Association.

Women’s high risk of heart disease is often overlooked, in part because of the more high-profile and potentially disfiguring threat of breast cancer, which kills far fewer females in the US.

Unfortunately, the ways in which cardiovascular disease (CVD) manifests in women make it harder to detect before it’s too late to treat. For more on this, see “Women’s heart disease differs from men’s”, below.

Fortunately, recent research reinforces the CVD-prevention power of fish oil for women. For more on these encouraging findings, see “Finns Find Fish Slows Heart Disease in Women”.

Women’s heart disease differs from men’s and defies detection

Even though the reduction of blood flow that can lead to heart attacks is often considered a man's disease, it takes the lives of more women than men each year.

New research findings show that cardiovascular disease in women differs from men’s in important ways. As a consequence, women's heart disease often evades traditional diagnostic techniques and continues to cause symptoms until it progresses to a dangerous degree.

These findings come from The Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study, a large, long-term investigation.  (Ischemia” means “constricted blood supply”: a condition characteristic of cardiovascular disease.)

When people experience chest pain, doctors usually look for signs of fatty, calcified arterial plaque in arteries. This phenomenon, called atherosclerosis, characterizes heart disease in men.

But in many women, problems in two other areas—the lining of coronary arteries and tiny blood vessels within the heart itself—combine to rob the heart’s muscles of oxygen.

The WISE study’s findings provide the first detailed picture of the circulatory problems specific to heart disease in women.  Although the "diffuse atherosclerosis" that many women experience is not apparent on the coronary angiograms normally used ...

When you eat a meal that’s high in fat – especially saturated fat from meats and dairy – your arteries tend to stiffen … which is not a good thing.

The resilience of arteries is measured by standards such as “endothelial function”, “vasodilation” (wide-open arteries), and “vascular reactivity”.

Poor performance with regard to any of these or other measures of arterial health indicate an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and ensuing heart attacks or strokes.

The results of a study – sneak-previewed today from next month’s edition of the Journal of Nutrition – shows that taking fish oil with a high-fat meal keeps arteries supple (Hall WL et al. 2008).

(Of course, if most of the fat in a fatty meal is from fish, you needn’t worry about your arteries stiffening up … saturated fats are the chief artery-stiffeners.)

These results come on the heels of two similar studies published last fall and winter, which showed ...