Presentation

On 29th November, the Conference "Fish, Quality and Health" will be held, organized by Conxemar at the Caixanova Social Centre in Vigo (Spain). The event will draw together prestigious national and international specialists in health and nutrition, to discuss the benefits of sea products for the health.

Aware of the health problems facing modern day society, mainly arising from new consumer habits and increasingly sedentary customs, Conxemar sets out to inform the consumer society in this conference on the health benefits of sea products, especially in the prevention of cardiovascular diseases.

According to expert opinion, it is not feasible to apply a policy of healthy nutrition without including fish in our diet, since sea products provide the consumer with a wide range of proteins and a high fat content with a high nutritional value, providing countless benefits for the organism. A number of countries recommend consuming sea products at least twice per week, endorsed by prestigious bodies such as the Spanish Heart Foundation, the American Academy of Cardiology, the American Heart Association and the American Dietetic Association.

Medical research

The latest medical research points out that the fatty acids from sea products has a highly positive effect in preventing and treating diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, migraine, schizophrenia and depression. In summary, the results of these studies show that including fish in the diet leads to a longer, healthier life.

Likewise, it has been demonstrated that in certain populations, such as the Eskimos, the Japanese or the inhabitants of certain islands in the Pacific or the Indian Ocean, where fish consumption is very high, the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases is minimal.

The lack of repercussion of these studies that are only known in scientific circles, calls for a greater involvement of the administrations to broadcast them since consumers, on the other hand, receive confused messages and continue not to include the essential amounts of fish in their diet. In order to making this news known, CONXEMAR is organizing the conference "Fish, Quality and Health", on 29th next in Vigo.

The CONXEMAR Association, created in 1981, currently has a total of 276 members representing Spanish companies as wholesalers, importers, exporters, retailers, distributors and processors in the frozen sea product sector.