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Monday, 10/20/2014 18:28
At the international workshop on biological medicine, organized annually in Wiesbaden, Germany, most of cardiologists stressed that everyone should eat fish as it is one of the dishes that can help to prevent heart disease.

This advice is pertinent as cardiovascular disease still is considered as the leading cause of mortality, despite the medical industry making many great leaps in diagnostic techniques and treatment facilities. It is even more paradoxical when, since the beginning of the new millennium, serious diseases such as stroke, myocardial infarction aren’t considered as diseases for elderly people anymore.

In recent decades, the number of deaths recorded, increased significantly, even with young and seemingly healthy people. For women it is far worse with the rate of mortality in the emergency room for them increased by double compared with men.


The advice sent from the Paracelsus workshop, named after a famous doctor, was based on two points: “any substance absorbed into the body will be considered as good medicine can become a poison depending on the quantity” and “there aren’t any better treatments than applying natural rules and ultilizing natural substances. This even makes more sense when doctors discovered the multiple functions of the omega compounds. There are three typical kinds: omega 3, 6 and 9 that are commonly found in fish. Hundreds of research projects have proved the impact of this substance.

  • To adjust lipid metabolism by increasing useful fats instead of trying to reduce harmful fats as a temporary solution
  • To keep the ideal blood balance, instead of too much imbalance as a result of stress in your life
  • To protect the structure of the blood vessels from the effects of relentless attacks of oxidising substances in a polluted environment, cigarettes, alcohol, household chemicals and pharmaceutical abuse.
  • To improve the effectiveness of the immune system to detect etiology and start treatment ultimately, instead of allowing cancer cells to get stronger.
  • If you think that to have enough omega oils you have to eat a whole kg of fish you are mistaken. Nutrition experts have confirmed that by eating just 50gr of fish three times per week is enough to control atherosclerosis which is the initial cause of heart disease. If we have fish oil in our meal every day we can reduce the risk of having ischemic heart disease by 40%; an incredible rate of prevention, even when we use typical omega products.
  • Good medicine should not be expensive and omega is not only found in expensive fish, such as salmon and tuna. Omega is also high in other common fish such as herring, Pompano and anchovy etc. Normally freshwater fish don’t have so much omega but, here in Vietnam, we are lucky to have basa fish, which contains the three typical omega oils. Our coast and rivers are like natural drugstores.

Our country is a very long S shape with a coastline of over 2,000 kilometers. The reason why Vietnam has high rate of people with cardiovascular disease is because its people don’t readily get the information that they need. Vietnam has got resources of medicine in the ocean, but the people don’t know.

If we haven’t enough capital to make large profits we can still make many fish dishes, which are simple yet delicious and eye-catching. Diners will enjoy the food and start to understand better about the words of Hippocrates, who said, “Turn food into medicine and have dishes as have medicine.” A chef’s spoon can be as valuable as gold.

Doctor Hoang Le Luong

( Extracted from articles about Medicine in Vietnam Cuisine dedicated only to 2014 Golden Spoon contest)

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