When you explore the dietary habits of lean, strong, and healthy people, it comes as no surprise that fish and other seafood are most often their main sources of protein.
Seafood is high in protein and low in calories. The high protein content in a fish and seafood diet helps you build muscles while keeping you feeling full longer between meals. This enables you to burn fat throughout the day. Some seafood, like salmon and mackerel, are also rich in Omega-3 fatty acids. These fatty acids are essential for your body and help keep your brain and heart healthy.
This means that a seafood diet with lots of beneficial, fat-rich fish can contribute to weight loss.
However, knowing healthy and flavorful ways to prepare your seafood diet will help you reach your weight loss goals and maintain your diet by providing delicious and filling meals you can look forward to daily.
Here are the healthiest methods of preparing fish and seafood.
Grilling and Broiling
Grilling and broiling fish and seafood is an inherently healthy way to cook. These methods usually use a grill or rack, which raises the seafood and allows fat to drip away from the food, reducing calorie intake while enhancing and concentrating the natural flavors of seafood.
Steaming
Steaming seafood in a covered container keeps the food moist. It also helps retain nutrients and flavors by retaining the natural juices in the cooking process. It doesn’t rely on any additional oils that would add unnecessary calories. Steaming seafood and vegetables is one of the healthiest and most flavorful ways to prepare these foods.
Boiling and Poaching
Certain proteins, like beef and pork, can become tasteless when boiled. However, most types of seafood can have the perfect flaky texture and retain their great taste after boiling or poaching. The key is in carefully monitoring the cooking time. Fish, shrimp, crab, and other shellfish only require a few short minutes in a rolling boil to deliver the perfect texture and taste. Boiling and poaching can add richness to seafood without adding unnecessary fats.
Baking
Baking fish and other seafood in covered pots or Dutch ovens with herbs and citrus flavors adds a robust taste without relying on heavy sauces or creams. Cooking the proteins in their own juices flavored with citrus and herbs infuses them with flavor without adding extra calories.
Drying
Drying concentrates many essential nutrients in fish, including lysine, iodine, zinc, copper, selenium, and calcium. If a dry-aging process is used, it also enhances the flavor and helps remove harmful bacteria from the fish.
Wet-aging fish involves sealing the fish in plastic or an impermeable material and allowing it to rest in a temperature-controlled refrigerator for up to 10 days. This aging process increases the flavor intensity of the fish without adding any extra calories.
Get Inspired at Prod.
Prod. is an innovative fine dining restaurant in Pattaya that is ideal for those who want to lose weight by eating a healthy seafood diet. Our chefs visit the docks daily and choose the best and freshest fish and seafood to serve our guests.
We use various unique cooking methods to prepare fish and other seafood, always preserving the natural proteins while enhancing the flavor of the seafood. Often, the best way of preparing a seafood dish is the simplest, healthiest, and one that brings out the richest flavors.
At Prod., we prepare seafood dishes that can help you achieve your weight loss goals without sacrificing taste. Visit Prod. and sample any of our signature healthy seafood dishes, including:
Spicy Shrimp Salad with Thai Herbs and Cha Ploo Leaf in Crispy Bowl
"Tom Yum" Dry Aged Seabass Shabu-Shabu Style
Grandmother's Tom Yum River Prawn
Southern Crab Curry Soup with Cha Ploo Leaf
Dry Aged Smoked Mackerel (Curing)
“Tom Kha" Custard with Crispy Gourami Fish
Prod. is Pattaya's first fine-dining seafood and Thai restaurant. Book a table with us today.
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