Let’s talk about shrimp. The tasty, curved shellfish is a beauty, and it’s delicious, too. We won’t argue with that. The thing is, as with most delicious foods, there are downsides. You might love bacon, but you must recognize it will clog your arteries; well, shrimp has many little secrets like that.
Here are 8 things you should know before you eat another bite of shrimp. You might not want to hear the truth, but trust us, it’s for your own good.
Shrimp Farms Are Dangerously Toxic
Fishing companies don’t catch most of their shrimp with nets out in the open sea, they farm it. We’re talking millions of shrimp in small pools. It comes without saying these farms are not a comfortable place for the tiny crustaceans, but it’s worse than that; the water is so polluted that it is toxic, which means shrimp is toxic.
Water often comes from polluted rivers, and all those industrial chemicals end up in your shrimp cocktail.
