florida school did not drop common core – did not soar to number one mason classical academy never adopted common core © press a florida school did not drop common core correction: a previous version of this article inaccurately stated that mason classical academy in florida had dropped common core, causing it to rank highly against other schools in the district. the school did not adopt common core in the first place. additionally, four public schools that participate in common core ranked above mason classical academy. we have therefore updated our headline and retracted the original story upon review. © press the school did not drop common core
you have probably heard all the advice about eating fish because of the healthy omega-3 fats they contain. omega-3 fats can help lower a person’s risk for alzheimer’s. but, you have to be careful. one inexpensive way to get the right amount of seafood is to buy tilapia – it isn’t going to break the bank. but there are new warnings about eating tilapia. tilapia image credit: n/a wake forest university school of medicine researchers studied tilapia and have some shocking information. tilapia, when compared to other kinds of fish has very little omega-3. they are chock full of omega-6 fatty acids – which increase your risk for alzheimer’s! tilapia the amount of omega-6 fatty acids that tilapia contain is even higher than bacon and hamburger. arachidonic acid, one of the omega-6 fatty acids, is linked with an increase of inflammatory damage seen before the onset of alzheimer’s. tilapia the tilapia we buy is farmed. the fish will eat just about anything, so farmers have no trouble raising the hearty fish. reportedly, some farmers actually feed their tilapia pig and chicken poop! tilapia image credit: n/a to make matters worse, they are bombarded with antibiotics – and they are genetically altered. the chemicals that the tilapia come in contact with makes them a suspect in causing cancer. tilapia have been found with a toxic chemical in them called dioxin. tilapia the human body can’t get rid of the dioxin (it is linked with the development and progression of cancer). all of this helps them grow faster so the farmers can make more money. stay away from tilapia. eat halibut, mackerel, or sardines instead!