For anything that doesn't make sense, there's always a chance I made a mistake (I did in this video) so always check the description because that is where I will make corrections. ALSO I tried to cover the most popular seafood on this list. Let me know if there are any others you would like me to cover should I ever make a part 2!
Well clearly you haven't eaten fried oysters. They definitely have a much better texture when deep fried, but of course that negates just about any healthy points.
These Tier lists are 10x better than anything I can learn in a health class, its easy to consume highly applicable & relevant information that immediately makes my life better & healthier. Edit: I am mostly meaning in a highschool health class, of course college courses could teach this but my high school health was a joke & I cannot remember any of it now.
@@bman6198Same, but I also made a little note of the top benefits/drawbacks of each fruit and veggie, its been pretty useful such as for structuring a post workout meal.
Jesus you base your life on TH-cam videos? No wonder they have to teach how to research and spot misinformation in schools. Last 3 classes I taught were just as dumb so I believe it
I Hope you Make hundreds of thousands of dollars off of these videos. The Value you give us with these lists is absolutely incredible and am very thankful to you for making them.
Wow... 100's of years of research & books on food and this guy manages to cram most relevant info into a 20 minute easy to understand video. thanks for these videos man :')
I LOVE that you included freshwater fish. Ocean seafood is helpful, but I spend every summer filling my freezer with bass, catfish, crappie, and other freshwater fish so that was pretty awesome.
somebody should do a challenge playthrough of real life where they only consume things that have reached S tier on one of these nutrition tier lists. Healthiest person alive.
I was expecting someone who didn’t know actual nutrition to be making a list when I clicked on this. I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised when you ranked a high calorie food in the upper tier. Someone actually did their homework, bravo.
One comment on salmon: the nutritional info you got is probably based on wild-caught salmon. However, a lot of salmon (especially the more-affordable stuff) is farmed these days. The nutritional profile of farmed salmon will depend heavily on what they're fed (which may vary from place to place) and feed may also introduce contaminants not present in wild fish.
True…I recently found this out about eggs too. The diet that the chickens are fed matters in terms of the healthiness of the eggs you buy. Same with salmon
My favorite food group. I LOVE any food that comes out of the water. Oysters are amazing, I could slurp them up all day. I intellectually can understand how people would see them as gross but I cannot be there with you, man. Soooo good.
@Don which is why squids are the only ones I’m willing to eat. People need to understand octopus are just as smart if not smarter than chimps and should not be eaten if they won’t also eat a ape.
I just came back to this channel yesterday afternoon to check for a seafood list and was disappointed to not see one yet. This was at the top of my recommendations this morning and made me a happy girl! Thank you!
I LOVE these videos so much. I feel like so many sources will go into the bare minimum of information (blueberries are good because they have/are antioxidants or whatever), and you go so deep. It’s fantastic.
Yeah I study phytochemistry sometimes all day for the past couple years and I can say this channel made me pretty proud. I havent found another easy to understand source that mentions the phytochemistry.
Love the nutrition tiers, very easy to understand. Would you consider doing nutrition ranking on "dinner-plate starches" - such as potatoes vs rice vs pasta? Something along those lines would be helpful for us who want to include starches but want to choose healthier ones.
they are basically all unhealthy except sweet potatoes + white rice. he mainly makes videos on food groups that are predominately healthy or at least have some positives not covered by macro or micro nutrients
Randomly popped into my head but I was curious if you'd make a list of flours or oils. I believe you've already did a list on grains but I'm curious about how the proccessing of flours can factor into their nutritional value. Same with oils.
@@overeasyeggg Here's my guess as to what it'll look like as a complete smooth brain. Olive Oil is gonna be top tier, it's objectively one of the most nutritious and affordable fats to cook with. Avocado oil is supposedly pretty good too from what I've heard. Seed Oils have people freaking out but they really aren't that bad, or that great for you. Peanut oil will be lower due to having some saturated fats and other unwanted things, such as allergies. Avoid eating butter and other animal fats tbh, it's all Saturated as opposed to primarily Poly and Monounsaturated in other things.
@@AlexDenton0451 saturated fats from nature are not harmful at all, butter, ghee and coconut oil are the safest to cook with because saturated fats resist harmful oxidation that occurs through heat exposure, unlike unsaturated fats. The saturated fat scare is archaic crap from the 50s when everyone was brainwashed into eating toxic margarine and crisco.
One of my favorite fitness youtubers. Probably the most educational tier list videos on the platform. I've learnt so much about the importance of micronutrient content from you. I love how you also affirm that most foods in these lists can be good in moderation. Can't wait to see more.
Thank you for all of the effort you have put into these lists! They are very much appreciated. I would love to have the final tier lists of all of the food groups as posters for my kitchen.
An inaccurate but fair comparison is between us humans and monkeys. We are closely related, however our diet is very different as such you would expect our nutritional content to also be a lot different. Besides, evolutionarily, Octopus and Squids are less related to each other then humans are to any other primate.
Seriously loving your channel. I used to want to be a nutritionist/dietician, but went with a different science career instead- never stopped wanting to learn, though! Thank you for doing this.
A popular fish in the great lakes region and Canada is the walleye, fast food joint on the east coast called Culver's Serves it during lent. You could put it on a list for part 2!
Agreed, I was hoping to see walleye ranked on this list, as well as a few others. For instance, I've read that mackerel can vary widely in mercury content depending on where it is caught. Perhaps regional variations of particular fish could be considered for part 2. also, I've been looking around for evidence of sardines being high in omega-6 after watching this and I really haven't come across anything making the same claim other than sardines packed in soybean oil may offset the benefit of the omega-3s in the sardines themselves.. hmm. I have been eating sardines regularly for quite a while because of their claimed high omega-3s.
Fantastic list! Personally I eat a lot of sardines and anchovies and I would like to add an important note about them and potentially other seafood that my doctor warned me about: They significantly raise Uric Acid levels when consumed regularly and can cause inflammation issues as well kidney problems... Consumption of those seafood should be kept in check and would be best to monitor Uric Acid levels via occasional blood sample checkups. I definitely changed my consumption rate of those after I learned that, especially as a person sho suffers from a genetic gout disease. Love the videos, keep them coming!
I love sardines but eating them daily in the past gave me horrible gout attacks! i just disagree on putting them in the B tier because of their omega-6 content.
Maybe make a fast food tier list. I know everything will do poorly, buuut it would be interesting to see how bad that food is. Most of your tier lists are focused on good food with few foods that gets lower tiers, lets do it other way!
I think the lists aren't necessarily focused on healthy food so much as whole singular foods/ingredients. Processed food like fast food would be hard to do a tier list for, because they vary so much by how they're processed and what ingredients are included. When we say "french fries", are we talking about baked, fried in peanut oil, smothered in cheese, or what? They could all be pretty different. Even if you mean to refer to a single restaurant's menu vs. another restaurant's menu, many places have both healthier items and unhealthy items, so it'd be hard to make a comparison without limiting it to a single item on the menu across restaurants (like french fries).
@@MKisFeelinSpicy I understand but the idea of showing people what they eat, even if it is relative, is the main thing. In the video about meat for example, there is quite big difference between domestic chicken for example and the chicken from factory. It is rough estimate of nutrients but they are ofc relative. I understand that in the topic of fast food that relativeness is higher, but message and needed information even with some innacuracy due to relativeness of data, is by my opinion much more important than scientific exactness on TH-cam Channel that tries to popularize awareness about nutrients in food
I'm very late, but some suggestions for a Part 2 for seafood could include: sea vegetables (like different kinds of seaweeds), barramundi fish, frog legs, shark, snails, pickled herring (which I think is distinct enough from herring to warrant its own option), krill, blue crab, and so on... You also may want to go into environmental sustainability as well.
Love your videos Talon You've done a great job of tackling the nutrient profiles of the major food groups. I personally would love to see a video that focuses on the anti-nutrients present in our food, which I feel like are often overlooked and not as well understood. I know you mention them in multiple videos (eg fruits, vegetables, legumes), but I think there's a level of nuance to anti-nutrients, their sources and interactions (eg mitigating their effects with cooking, combining with vitamin C, etc) that I think deserves it's own dedicated video. Thanks for all your efforts in demystifying food and nutrition for us all :)
1:48 this is extremely important. Seafood has a lot of benefits but not as a staple food. I had a friend who ate raw ahi tuna every day for lunch. Her doctors could not figure out her symptoms for years and she continued to eat the same diet. It was mercury poisoning all along and she will have complications for life. It goes to show how doctors need to ask about a patients diet first and foremost but also shows how necessary it is to eat a variety of foods.
As a seafood lover, I found this video very informative. I would love to see a nutrition tier ranking for plant-based protein. I did notice however, you have a bean video that I'll save and watch later. Thank you.
If you ever make a part 2, put branzino fish in there! I tend to eat that from time to time so I’m curious to see how it stacks up. Love these tier list vids, keep it up! :)
When people think of scallops they're usually only really thinking about the white fleshy abductor muscle, I am certain the rest of the scallop with the frills and the organs are a lot more nutritious in comparison. It is also the only other shellfish that isn't displayed whole in this list and scallops do get consumed with their other bits in my area.
AGREED, so many Americans have no idea that a scallop is more than just the white fleshy portion. The orangey liver is also edible, and commonly seen used in Asian cuisine. I really wish more grocery stores would sell whole scallops. Can't even imagine how much the fishing industry is throwing away.
You mentioned omega 3’s helping reduce inflammation, upon hearing this I just realized that since I’ve been eating sardines almost everyday my back pain is gone.
Your videos are S tier mate, would love to see more! Maybe herbs/botanicals (healing properties such as remedies etc) , spices, carbohydrates. Unique channel ❤
I live in China and don't eat pork, so I've basically been eating beef and lamb every single day. This video motivated me to go to the grocery store and stock up on some seafood. Thank you!
Only a handful of cities do that, it's not common at all. My wife is Chinese and was shocked to see a restaurant that served dog on a trip with me. Took her 23 years in china to ever see someone eating dog. That said, I have eaten it, nothing special @@brock5946
Please never stop uploading. These are so important. I respect the time, effort, and research you put into these videos and I’m sure other people do as well! Subbed!
Great tier list, amazing work! My biggest gripe is yellowtail, tuna, and swordfish should all be knocked down a peg from where they are due to their high mercury content, the effects of which cannot be understated and should automatically disqualify yellowtail from S-tier.
This is an interesting tier list because all the others basically follow the rule: the less steps involved from nature to plate, the better. Seafood is all directly from nature unless your Italian family breads and fries the out of it
There's not a whole lot of breadding and frying in Mediterranean cuisine. Americanized people of Mediterranean descent will do this, but not those are true to their food culture.
Good info and good presentation, overall. It would be good to see information on PCB, PFOS and microplastics contamination as well as mercury, though it may be harder to find good data. I have generally seen that farm raised salmon may be high in PCBs, so I go for wild salmon. Also, I am a bit more leery of mercury, so swordfish would be a no go (f tier) for me. Similarly, while mackerel is low in mercury, king mackerel is very high, so it’s easy to get tripped up by things like that. One other small thing: though anchovies are great, they tend to be prepared with lots of salt which might be an issue for those trying to cut back on salt. Just some minor feedback. Thanks for putting together these helpful videos.
Don't forget about n-3 DPA 22:5n-3 docosapentaenoic acid. This is an important omega 3. Also keep in mind about bottom feeder fish, such as catfish, containing harsh substrates or chemicals from polluted waters. I'd also like to add that since tilapia live in such close quarters and tend to eat their own feces. They are typically not the best option. Several studies show these fish have a higher level of trans fat and AA. Oh, and arsenic is a common issue in many canned/tinned fish. Where mercury is low arsenic is often high.
ALA and EPA are converted to DHA in the body (though very poorly) the only thing that produces DHA is Algae, all of the fish that have this get it from algae or get it from eating something else that got it from algae. DHA is currently seen as by far the most important, and found in equal amounts as DPA in breast milk. DPA is possibly better absorbed by humans (no studies confirm, they speculate and mention it, but it isn't concrete) and DPA also gets found in some other mammals which makes it more available similar to ALA (in seeds) DPA will be found in the same fish with DHA so that's good for all of his list. All in all, algae needs to be cultivated by humans because it's important and most people don't get enough omegas. As far as I see EPA -> DPA -> DHA so the main benefit of DPA is it may get absorbed far easier, and then converted.
@@gg-gn3re EPA is equally as important as DHA in the scientific community. They have synergistic roles and support different functions. DPA is fairly unstable and normally not found as is in the body. It is converted from EPA or made in a lab. DHA is also found in grass fed meats and dairy, nut just algae.
@@gg-gn3re DHS was a typo and was corrected below. DHA and EPA are equally important. I am a Ph.D. in Nutritional Science and study the realm of n-3 PUFA in particular the resolution of inflammation.
Thank you for all the work you put into this. It is difficult to classify different species of marine organisms by common name because different localities have different names for the same fish and some varieties, like mackerel, have 4 varieties just in my local waters. Also anchovy just means small fish, I know it has come to refer to the salt cured fish used in Italian cuisine and perhaps they are not picky about the species but I would think that would make it difficult to analyze. Thank you again for all the work you put into this.
Anchovy in zoology means the family Engraulidae, with 5 closely related, commercially important fish in the genus Engraulis. When consumed fresh, they have different names, alici in Italian, bocarte/boquerones in Spanish.
You didn't cover hardly any sort of "game" fish here. Other than the Bass everything on this list is commercially farmed or fished. Maybe make a whole seperate video on a tier list of wild foods, like wild berries and herbs and wild game meat and fish. That would be super cool.
Maybe for you, where I'm at, mackerel, grouper, catfish, swordfish are all pretty common. Would be nice to see some others from around here like mullet and sheepshead though
I feel like for the protein, you should maybe mention the protein per calorie (leanness) of the food item. Its really important for a lot of people that work out. Thanks :)
@@roastinred all the foods had their nutritional values on the top left numbered per 100g of the food. So there's all you need to use calories or grams as your quantifier
@@ironsotg9490 you don't get it do you, it would make it easier to add this listing rather than have to calculate it individually. Further, Im not sure why he would focus on per 100g when meats can vary wildly for calories. Compare shrimp to steak for example. More fair to compare on a calorie basis.
Are you fucking kidding me? Fats are 9 calories per gram, alcohol is 7, protein is 4, and carbs are 4. If you have 25grams of protein from 100 grams of fish, that's 100 calories from protein. If you have 75 grams of fat in 100 grams of fish, you have nearly 700 calories from fat, giving a total of 800 calories in 100 grams. It says this in the packaging of basically all good
One question I have is during the oyster segment you seemed to be referring to raw oysters but towards the beginning off the video you said you were measuring the cooked version, so what were the micros given for
Fascinating video and while I recognize that this is probably not the space for it, most fisheries are at unsustainable levels and if you care about that you should avoid the larger, carnivorous species in particular. Doing this also comes with the added advantage of eliminating much of the heavy metal consumption.
Love these videos! Quick question: are there any discrepancies between the nutritional content in canned vs fresh seafood? For example, canned salmon and tuna?
Most carbs are bad for you. Fats from animals are good for you. There you go. Extra virgin olive oil, avocado oil, and coconut oil are the only plentiful and healthy replacements for animal fats. For carb sources, there is the amount of sugar per serving, then there is the amount of water and fiber which negates the health effects of the sugar. Water and fiber reduce the speed that you digest it, which is better. Juice is equal to a can of coke. Whole potatoes are hard to digest. Mashed potatoes, are easy to digest. Green vegetables are very low in calories, but very high in toxins to prevent animals from eating them. If you are 50% of your calories in spinach or broccoli for 1 month, you die from poisoning. Less sugar is better. More fiber is better. Less vegetables is also better. Seed oils, or anything high in linoleic acid is poison you should never ever eat.
As your heading of "seafood" suggests, your list evaluated almost entirely saltwater fish. In many parts of the country, particularly the South and the Midwest, freshwater fish is consumed nearly as much as ocean based fish. I don't know if there is sufficient nutritional data to do another one based more on freshwater fish, like walleye, perch, sunfish, pike. etc.?
I fell asleep watching this video…while the video was GREAT information, I did dream pretty heavily of squids and octopi. Now I am back to catch what I missed. All of these videos have been amazing. Thank you.
Excellent video you asked for names of some seafood you didn't list 1)Rockfish 2)Monk Fish 3) Whiting 4) Alaska King Crab legs 5) Snow Crab Clusters. Thank you again for your excellent work!!!
Talon you should make a 2 part video series for people trying to bulk and people trying to loose weight were you lay out a meal plan based for the week and talk about why you chose those foods you did. Think it would be a good idea seeing as I was very confused when I first started trying to bulk and knowing what ingredients to buy for meals.
For anything that doesn't make sense, there's always a chance I made a mistake (I did in this video) so always check the description because that is where I will make corrections.
ALSO I tried to cover the most popular seafood on this list. Let me know if there are any others you would like me to cover should I ever make a part 2!
Grains!
Grains!!!
Well clearly you haven't eaten fried oysters. They definitely have a much better texture when deep fried, but of course that negates just about any healthy points.
Carbs or cheeses/dairy products would be awesome!
Basa & Barramundi please
These Tier lists are 10x better than anything I can learn in a health class, its easy to consume highly applicable & relevant information that immediately makes my life better & healthier.
Edit: I am mostly meaning in a highschool health class, of course college courses could teach this but my high school health was a joke & I cannot remember any of it now.
Yes! And teaches me how really important it's to have a balanced diet ☺️
I took screenshots of all the tiers B and above so far and made it my grocery shopping guide.
Be careful. He makes a few mistakes in many of these videos.
@@bman6198Same, but I also made a little note of the top benefits/drawbacks of each fruit and veggie, its been pretty useful such as for structuring a post workout meal.
Jesus you base your life on TH-cam videos? No wonder they have to teach how to research and spot misinformation in schools. Last 3 classes I taught were just as dumb so I believe it
I Hope you Make hundreds of thousands of dollars off of these videos. The Value you give us with these lists is absolutely incredible and am very thankful to you for making them.
ok calm down a little dude 😂
^ jupiter/saturn dynamic
You are a fantastic creator. Found your own niche and create useful videos. Nothing better than that.
Not to mention this video was riddled with Spongebob references, which I enjoyed immensely.
Seriously. Not particularly clickbaity, not promoting on any other platforms, not posting daily, literally just making good videos.
Just watch for his ”sitting gives you aids”-video though. Super dated ideas on pain
@@johanstrand9352 he private it :(
This is definitely an S tier video. So much information packed in just a 20' video. Added to my favourites. Amazing job
You should create a tier list of tier list videos
Um… all saltwater. Not helpful to me
If you ate 4 million halibut you get a halibut made of murcury for free
I’d do that, just for the halibut
Wow... 100's of years of research & books on food and this guy manages to cram most relevant info into a 20 minute easy to understand video. thanks for these videos man :')
who knows if he is right tho
@@australianpatriot Just read the description to know his source. Stop being lazy.
@@ziolp shut up
I LOVE that you included freshwater fish. Ocean seafood is helpful, but I spend every summer filling my freezer with bass, catfish, crappie, and other freshwater fish so that was pretty awesome.
Largemouth bass? 🤨
@@disobedient4785 smallmouth. I let largemouth go, they’re pretty rare where im at in Oregon.
Crappie tastes so good. Its crazy. So many people missing out
@@MaxBetawhat is that name
Since we raise Tilapia I get to eat a lot of it. I'm grateful to see it on the list.
somebody should do a challenge playthrough of real life where they only consume things that have reached S tier on one of these nutrition tier lists. Healthiest person alive.
ohh you mean Bryan Johnson
the healthiest person on earth till now
Could you make a tier list ranking different kinds of mushrooms? Would love to see that! Love your videos btw!
Omggg great idea
magic ones are the best
Lies again? Serie A Leader Street Fighter
Aren't they kinda low in both calories and nutrients?
... Poisonous ones are F-tier, obviously.
Shrooms are top tier
Your sprinkle of humour seals the whole video everytime. They're always packed with nothing else but wholesome information.
I was expecting someone who didn’t know actual nutrition to be making a list when I clicked on this.
I was genuinely and pleasantly surprised when you ranked a high calorie food in the upper tier.
Someone actually did their homework, bravo.
You should do a dairy tier list, including alternative cheeses and milks!
I hope chocolate milk is S tier
@@j.j.r98 it's F tier for sure, sorry :(
@@NightTimeDay in terms of taste its S tier for sure tho
@@peter5.056 ok man 😂
@@sztachu you right
One comment on salmon: the nutritional info you got is probably based on wild-caught salmon. However, a lot of salmon (especially the more-affordable stuff) is farmed these days. The nutritional profile of farmed salmon will depend heavily on what they're fed (which may vary from place to place) and feed may also introduce contaminants not present in wild fish.
even farmed salmon is very nutritious tbh... it doesn't hurt anyone's diet than people like to claim
@@SilverReviews search youtube for "Farmed Norwegian Salmon World’s Most Toxic Food"
@@SilverReviewsit’s goyslop
@@SilverReviewshonestly the main problem is that it's somehow much less sustainable than wild-caught fish.
True…I recently found this out about eggs too. The diet that the chickens are fed matters in terms of the healthiness of the eggs you buy. Same with salmon
My favorite food group. I LOVE any food that comes out of the water. Oysters are amazing, I could slurp them up all day. I intellectually can understand how people would see them as gross but I cannot be there with you, man. Soooo good.
How weird that octopus and cuttlefish are so much healthier than their close relatives, squids. I assumed they'd be about the same.
True, but octopus diverged from the other cephalopods way before most of the fish species mentioned diverged.
@@893263007 truuuuuu
Yeah same? Wonder why. I will say, octopus is fucking amazing as a bodybuilding food. Super filling, more protein and less fat per 100g than beef.
@Don which is why squids are the only ones I’m willing to eat. People need to understand octopus are just as smart if not smarter than chimps and should not be eaten if they won’t also eat a ape.
@@Phantom-bh5ru taste yummy me eat
I just came back to this channel yesterday afternoon to check for a seafood list and was disappointed to not see one yet. This was at the top of my recommendations this morning and made me a happy girl! Thank you!
I LOVE these videos so much. I feel like so many sources will go into the bare minimum of information (blueberries are good because they have/are antioxidants or whatever), and you go so deep. It’s fantastic.
Yeah I study phytochemistry sometimes all day for the past couple years and I can say this channel made me pretty proud. I havent found another easy to understand source that mentions the phytochemistry.
You are honestly the best for all of us chronic over researchers. Thank you so much for the work you do.
Love the nutrition tiers, very easy to understand. Would you consider doing nutrition ranking on "dinner-plate starches" - such as potatoes vs rice vs pasta? Something along those lines would be helpful for us who want to include starches but want to choose healthier ones.
Always choose sweet potatoes and potatoes over any other starch. They have so many micronutrients not found in say corn or rice.
they are basically all unhealthy except sweet potatoes + white rice. he mainly makes videos on food groups that are predominately healthy or at least have some positives not covered by macro or micro nutrients
@@joshhambleton90 Black rice is more healthful than white rice, especially the lower glycemic index.
White potatoes, sweet potatoes, beans & peas are the best I’m pretty sure
Randomly popped into my head but I was curious if you'd make a list of flours or oils. I believe you've already did a list on grains but I'm curious about how the proccessing of flours can factor into their nutritional value. Same with oils.
Oils would be a great one
@@overeasyeggg id fucking love an oils list
@@overeasyeggg Here's my guess as to what it'll look like as a complete smooth brain.
Olive Oil is gonna be top tier, it's objectively one of the most nutritious and affordable fats to cook with. Avocado oil is supposedly pretty good too from what I've heard.
Seed Oils have people freaking out but they really aren't that bad, or that great for you. Peanut oil will be lower due to having some saturated fats and other unwanted things, such as allergies.
Avoid eating butter and other animal fats tbh, it's all Saturated as opposed to primarily Poly and Monounsaturated in other things.
@@AlexDenton0451 saturated fats from nature are not harmful at all, butter, ghee and coconut oil are the safest to cook with because saturated fats resist harmful oxidation that occurs through heat exposure, unlike unsaturated fats. The saturated fat scare is archaic crap from the 50s when everyone was brainwashed into eating toxic margarine and crisco.
Oils is so controversial though!
One of my favorite fitness youtubers. Probably the most educational tier list videos on the platform. I've learnt so much about the importance of micronutrient content from you. I love how you also affirm that most foods in these lists can be good in moderation. Can't wait to see more.
He’s my fav because the food makes me hungry
nothing u can afford - Nutrition Tier Lists
No fishes? 🥺
No fishes? 🥺
salmon is affordable
bro can't afford anchovies
I literally only eat caviar
Thank you for all of the effort you have put into these lists! They are very much appreciated. I would love to have the final tier lists of all of the food groups as posters for my kitchen.
The subtle Spongebob references 👌
3:54 “a smelly smell that smells smelly”
8:13 “big meaty claws”
13:08 “holy mackerel”
The octopus and squid difference really surprised me
Me too. At the end of the day, despite them being on opposite ends of the list, they're still for the most part interchangeable in practice
I think the more striking one is squid vs. cuttlefish, since those two are more closely related
@@hcn6708 yeah. Im surprise how much different between tiers and cuttlefish being highest tier is mindblown my mind.
An inaccurate but fair comparison is between us humans and monkeys. We are closely related, however our diet is very different as such you would expect our nutritional content to also be a lot different. Besides, evolutionarily, Octopus and Squids are less related to each other then humans are to any other primate.
The squid and octopus are literally different species.
Mushrooms tier list
Mushrooms tier list
MUSHROOMS TIER LIST
WE NEED IT
Seconded
Interesting idea. I feel like most mushrooms are similar I guess we could be surprised.
Agreed. All hail King Shiitake.
All F tier
Magic mushroom S tier
Watching this at midnight in France. One of the firsts to watch this, hoping this will be as qualitative as the previous
Can't believe I'm only just seeing this now! You're such a great content creator, entertaining and informative
Seriously loving your channel. I used to want to be a nutritionist/dietician, but went with a different science career instead- never stopped wanting to learn, though! Thank you for doing this.
A popular fish in the great lakes region and Canada is the walleye, fast food joint on the east coast called Culver's Serves it during lent. You could put it on a list for part 2!
Agreed, I was hoping to see walleye ranked on this list, as well as a few others. For instance, I've read that mackerel can vary widely in mercury content depending on where it is caught. Perhaps regional variations of particular fish could be considered for part 2. also, I've been looking around for evidence of sardines being high in omega-6 after watching this and I really haven't come across anything making the same claim other than sardines packed in soybean oil may offset the benefit of the omega-3s in the sardines themselves.. hmm. I have been eating sardines regularly for quite a while because of their claimed high omega-3s.
Culver’s is not just east coast anymore. Maybe 2 decades ago
@@tinali9200 Culvers is from Wisconsin.
What about perch?
@@drzarkov39 he had perch in the video, there are a variety all over the world
Fantastic list!
Personally I eat a lot of sardines and anchovies and I would like to add an important note about them and potentially other seafood that my doctor warned me about:
They significantly raise Uric Acid levels when consumed regularly and can cause inflammation issues as well kidney problems... Consumption of those seafood should be kept in check and would be best to monitor Uric Acid levels via occasional blood sample checkups.
I definitely changed my consumption rate of those after I learned that, especially as a person sho suffers from a genetic gout disease.
Love the videos, keep them coming!
I love sardines but eating them daily in the past gave me horrible gout attacks! i just disagree on putting them in the B tier because of their omega-6 content.
@@kiren3168I think Talon made a mistake and cited the data for sardines canned in oil. They do not have high omega 6 content.
Maybe make a fast food tier list. I know everything will do poorly, buuut it would be interesting to see how bad that food is. Most of your tier lists are focused on good food with few foods that gets lower tiers, lets do it other way!
That's not an stupid idea. I'd like to see it as well.
Chipotle S Tier
Baked potato + grilled chicken is decent
I think the lists aren't necessarily focused on healthy food so much as whole singular foods/ingredients. Processed food like fast food would be hard to do a tier list for, because they vary so much by how they're processed and what ingredients are included. When we say "french fries", are we talking about baked, fried in peanut oil, smothered in cheese, or what? They could all be pretty different. Even if you mean to refer to a single restaurant's menu vs. another restaurant's menu, many places have both healthier items and unhealthy items, so it'd be hard to make a comparison without limiting it to a single item on the menu across restaurants (like french fries).
@@MKisFeelinSpicy I understand but the idea of showing people what they eat, even if it is relative, is the main thing. In the video about meat for example, there is quite big difference between domestic chicken for example and the chicken from factory. It is rough estimate of nutrients but they are ofc relative. I understand that in the topic of fast food that relativeness is higher, but message and needed information even with some innacuracy due to relativeness of data, is by my opinion much more important than scientific exactness on TH-cam Channel that tries to popularize awareness about nutrients in food
these lists are a lifesaver as someone who’s getting more into health
I'm very late, but some suggestions for a Part 2 for seafood could include: sea vegetables (like different kinds of seaweeds), barramundi fish, frog legs, shark, snails, pickled herring (which I think is distinct enough from herring to warrant its own option), krill, blue crab, and so on... You also may want to go into environmental sustainability as well.
Every time he says above average nutritional profile, I get a boost.
Love your videos Talon
You've done a great job of tackling the nutrient profiles of the major food groups. I personally would love to see a video that focuses on the anti-nutrients present in our food, which I feel like are often overlooked and not as well understood. I know you mention them in multiple videos (eg fruits, vegetables, legumes), but I think there's a level of nuance to anti-nutrients, their sources and interactions (eg mitigating their effects with cooking, combining with vitamin C, etc) that I think deserves it's own dedicated video.
Thanks for all your efforts in demystifying food and nutrition for us all :)
I love these lists -- maybe a list of seaweed?
That’s not a very large list….
1:48 this is extremely important. Seafood has a lot of benefits but not as a staple food. I had a friend who ate raw ahi tuna every day for lunch. Her doctors could not figure out her symptoms for years and she continued to eat the same diet. It was mercury poisoning all along and she will have complications for life. It goes to show how doctors need to ask about a patients diet first and foremost but also shows how necessary it is to eat a variety of foods.
This is one of the best channels on TH-cam.
I've read that swordfish is often riddled with parasites. Thought you'd mention it here
Nice! Extra protein.
@@SporkRevolution yea just cook it well
When prepared and cooked properly swordfish is really nice though let's not let a few infested ones spoil the fun! Haha
@Xuěhuā Celsius sucks~
@Xuěhuā Shukran friend
please make a tier list for different fats/cooking oils!
Agree
For health? Animal fat, extra virgin olive, avocado, coconut. Everything else is objectively terrible
Yes agreed
olive and avocado oils are S tier
Most oils are just refined engine oil lol
As a seafood lover, I found this video very informative. I would love to see a nutrition tier ranking for plant-based protein. I did notice however, you have a bean video that I'll save and watch later. Thank you.
Thank you to our host for this important segment. Most fish mentioned are not realistic choices for us her, but learned a lot
If you ever make a part 2, put branzino fish in there! I tend to eat that from time to time so I’m curious to see how it stacks up. Love these tier list vids, keep it up! :)
When people think of scallops they're usually only really thinking about the white fleshy abductor muscle,
I am certain the rest of the scallop with the frills and the organs are a lot more nutritious in comparison.
It is also the only other shellfish that isn't displayed whole in this list and scallops do get consumed with their other bits in my area.
AGREED, so many Americans have no idea that a scallop is more than just the white fleshy portion. The orangey liver is also edible, and commonly seen used in Asian cuisine. I really wish more grocery stores would sell whole scallops. Can't even imagine how much the fishing industry is throwing away.
Escargot did not make the list, but are probably easily an s tier.
The roe is the best part
@@finch600 I agree, the muscle is tasteless in comparison. The frills are also really tasty!
You mentioned omega 3’s helping reduce inflammation, upon hearing this I just realized that since I’ve been eating sardines almost everyday my back pain is gone.
Sardines are solid. I'd advise you read the description though
Your videos are S tier mate, would love to see more! Maybe herbs/botanicals (healing properties such as remedies etc) , spices, carbohydrates. Unique channel ❤
I live in China and don't eat pork, so I've basically been eating beef and lamb every single day. This video motivated me to go to the grocery store and stock up on some seafood. Thank you!
You also eat dog meat?
Only a handful of cities do that, it's not common at all. My wife is Chinese and was shocked to see a restaurant that served dog on a trip with me. Took her 23 years in china to ever see someone eating dog. That said, I have eaten it, nothing special @@brock5946
@@brock5946but not bull testicles
@@brock5946no they do not. It’s banned in china learn something.
Please never stop uploading. These are so important. I respect the time, effort, and research you put into these videos and I’m sure other people do as well! Subbed!
These tiers are so incredibly helpful and informative, thank you for making them!
This series is so helpful while I reintroduce foods into my elimination diet. Thanks so much for this.
I’m happy to be in my early 20s in 2024 because of this. Health is Wealth
Great tier list, amazing work! My biggest gripe is yellowtail, tuna, and swordfish should all be knocked down a peg from where they are due to their high mercury content, the effects of which cannot be understated and should automatically disqualify yellowtail from S-tier.
The suspense was high leading up to Tunas placement, thank the Lord and the list maker that it ended up in the A tier
These videos are like the most valuable nutritional information I can find on the internet. Awesome stuff. Hope you do one on mushrooms some day.
Mushrooms would be very interesting, as they are neither plant nor animal
This is an interesting tier list because all the others basically follow the rule: the less steps involved from nature to plate, the better. Seafood is all directly from nature unless your Italian family breads and fries the out of it
For most hunter's or farmers with less regulations, you kill it, skin it, cut it up and store or eat it.
There's not a whole lot of breadding and frying in Mediterranean cuisine. Americanized people of Mediterranean descent will do this, but not those are true to their food culture.
Great list!
Over 90% of all wild fish populations have been depleted due to overfishing.
Most near China and east Asia guaranteed
Yeah, communists ruin everything. Stick to eating ruminants and pigs.
How do we know this if they say 70% of the ocean has not been discovered?
Thank you for this excellent video! Noting each fish in the timeline makes this an amazing resource, I couldn't ask for anything better.
This video made my autism go sicko mode in the best way. Please keep making videos like this, they fuel my existence.
Good info and good presentation, overall. It would be good to see information on PCB, PFOS and microplastics contamination as well as mercury, though it may be harder to find good data. I have generally seen that farm raised salmon may be high in PCBs, so I go for wild salmon. Also, I am a bit more leery of mercury, so swordfish would be a no go (f tier) for me. Similarly, while mackerel is low in mercury, king mackerel is very high, so it’s easy to get tripped up by things like that. One other small thing: though anchovies are great, they tend to be prepared with lots of salt which might be an issue for those trying to cut back on salt. Just some minor feedback. Thanks for putting together these helpful videos.
Don't forget about n-3 DPA 22:5n-3 docosapentaenoic acid. This is an important omega 3.
Also keep in mind about bottom feeder fish, such as catfish, containing harsh substrates or chemicals from polluted waters. I'd also like to add that since tilapia live in such close quarters and tend to eat their own feces. They are typically not the best option. Several studies show these fish have a higher level of trans fat and AA.
Oh, and arsenic is a common issue in many canned/tinned fish. Where mercury is low arsenic is often high.
Yes, those are very important factors. Also plastic pollution would have been relevant to mention.
ALA and EPA are converted to DHA in the body (though very poorly) the only thing that produces DHA is Algae, all of the fish that have this get it from algae or get it from eating something else that got it from algae.
DHA is currently seen as by far the most important, and found in equal amounts as DPA in breast milk.
DPA is possibly better absorbed by humans (no studies confirm, they speculate and mention it, but it isn't concrete) and DPA also gets found in some other mammals which makes it more available similar to ALA (in seeds)
DPA will be found in the same fish with DHA so that's good for all of his list.
All in all, algae needs to be cultivated by humans because it's important and most people don't get enough omegas.
As far as I see EPA -> DPA -> DHA so the main benefit of DPA is it may get absorbed far easier, and then converted.
@@gg-gn3re EPA is equally as important as DHA in the scientific community. They have synergistic roles and support different functions.
DPA is fairly unstable and normally not found as is in the body. It is converted from EPA or made in a lab.
DHA is also found in grass fed meats and dairy, nut just algae.
@@londonmm DHA.. not DHS and no not really
As I already said, DPA is found in breast milk and mammals so yea it is all over.
@@gg-gn3re DHS was a typo and was corrected below. DHA and EPA are equally important. I am a Ph.D. in Nutritional Science and study the realm of n-3 PUFA in particular the resolution of inflammation.
I love your videos could you maybe consider doing a mushroom tier list
You make the best vídeos Ive Seen about Health Food. Keep it up!
After watching a bunch of the true nutrient videos and then coming back to watch this one, a lot of it makes a lot more sense now :)
Doing one specifically for canned foods could be interesting and helpful
Very useful and interesting. Required overlay:
1) what’s it like eating 100g of oysters v 100g of salmon?
2) farmed vs wild?
Thanks for the info!!
Great content. Had no clue I should be favoring anchovies over sardines.
As long as you don't eat sardines canned in oil, they have one of the best omega 3 - omega 6 ratios.
I overall agree with the list, just remember when you are fishing to keep in mind the water quality of the area, especially for freshwater fish
Talon Fitness your videos are amazing and extremely informative. It shows that a lot of research goes into it, keep it up
Thank you for all the work you put into this. It is difficult to classify different species of marine organisms by common name because different localities have different names for the same fish and some varieties, like mackerel, have 4 varieties just in my local waters. Also anchovy just means small fish, I know it has come to refer to the salt cured fish used in Italian cuisine and perhaps they are not picky about the species but I would think that would make it difficult to analyze. Thank you again for all the work you put into this.
Anchovy in zoology means the family Engraulidae, with 5 closely related, commercially important fish in the genus Engraulis. When consumed fresh, they have different names, alici in Italian, bocarte/boquerones in Spanish.
You didn't cover hardly any sort of "game" fish here. Other than the Bass everything on this list is commercially farmed or fished. Maybe make a whole seperate video on a tier list of wild foods, like wild berries and herbs and wild game meat and fish. That would be super cool.
Maybe for you, where I'm at, mackerel, grouper, catfish, swordfish are all pretty common. Would be nice to see some others from around here like mullet and sheepshead though
I ended up here by accident and stayed the whole way. This list was fascinating and educational!
Everytime I watch these lists I end up adding one of the top foods to my diet
I feel like for the protein, you should maybe mention the protein per calorie (leanness) of the food item. Its really important for a lot of people that work out. Thanks :)
he has the fat shown in grams per 100 on screen too, so you should have the info you need imo
@@ironsotg9490 he's saying per calorie. Grams don't matter, calories do.
@@roastinred all the foods had their nutritional values on the top left numbered per 100g of the food. So there's all you need to use calories or grams as your quantifier
@@ironsotg9490 you don't get it do you, it would make it easier to add this listing rather than have to calculate it individually. Further, Im not sure why he would focus on per 100g when meats can vary wildly for calories. Compare shrimp to steak for example. More fair to compare on a calorie basis.
Are you fucking kidding me? Fats are 9 calories per gram, alcohol is 7, protein is 4, and carbs are 4. If you have 25grams of protein from 100 grams of fish, that's 100 calories from protein. If you have 75 grams of fat in 100 grams of fish, you have nearly 700 calories from fat, giving a total of 800 calories in 100 grams.
It says this in the packaging of basically all good
One question I have is during the oyster segment you seemed to be referring to raw oysters but towards the beginning off the video you said you were measuring the cooked version, so what were the micros given for
8:15 "a lot of value in those big meaty claws" lol thats me working as a roofer ✌🏾☮️
Fascinating video and while I recognize that this is probably not the space for it, most fisheries are at unsustainable levels and if you care about that you should avoid the larger, carnivorous species in particular. Doing this also comes with the added advantage of eliminating much of the heavy metal consumption.
A mushroom tier list would be interesting
Love these videos! Quick question: are there any discrepancies between the nutritional content in canned vs fresh seafood? For example, canned salmon and tuna?
Agreed, that distinction seems like an important one to explore.
Would love to see a list like this covering fats or carbohydrates!
Most carbs are bad for you. Fats from animals are good for you. There you go. Extra virgin olive oil, avocado oil, and coconut oil are the only plentiful and healthy replacements for animal fats.
For carb sources, there is the amount of sugar per serving, then there is the amount of water and fiber which negates the health effects of the sugar. Water and fiber reduce the speed that you digest it, which is better. Juice is equal to a can of coke. Whole potatoes are hard to digest. Mashed potatoes, are easy to digest.
Green vegetables are very low in calories, but very high in toxins to prevent animals from eating them. If you are 50% of your calories in spinach or broccoli for 1 month, you die from poisoning.
Less sugar is better. More fiber is better. Less vegetables is also better. Seed oils, or anything high in linoleic acid is poison you should never ever eat.
@@bobjohnson1633 this is such a poor explanation. Just no man. Most carbs are not “bad” for you.
@@bobjohnson1633 wow, this is awful info lmao
Babe wake up. Talon uploaded another nutritional tier list!
As your heading of "seafood" suggests, your list evaluated almost entirely saltwater fish. In many parts of the country, particularly the South and the Midwest, freshwater fish is consumed nearly as much as ocean based fish. I don't know if there is sufficient nutritional data to do another one based more on freshwater fish, like walleye, perch, sunfish, pike. etc.?
Great video! Was curious about canned fish, does that effect anything?
Yes. If you get sardines in oil, they have a worse ratio of Omega 6-3.
@@leadfaun sardines in seed oil* especially
Why there is a bird inside the oyster O.O
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I fell asleep watching this video…while the video was GREAT information, I did dream pretty heavily of squids and octopi. Now I am back to catch what I missed. All of these videos have been amazing. Thank you.
Excellent video you asked for names of some seafood you didn't list 1)Rockfish 2)Monk Fish 3) Whiting 4) Alaska King Crab legs 5) Snow Crab Clusters. Thank you again for your excellent work!!!
Mussels gang rise up!
I love mussel
spongebob references W
Great job! I've watched 4 of these so far: Veggies, Meats, Fruits and Seafood.
Oysters are delicious.
*THEYRE THE BEST.*
Talon you should make a 2 part video series for people trying to bulk and people trying to loose weight were you lay out a meal plan based for the week and talk about why you chose those foods you did. Think it would be a good idea seeing as I was very confused when I first started trying to bulk and knowing what ingredients to buy for meals.
I love the spongebob punts, hahaha super funny! Overall amazing video
Never thought I’d be pulling up tier lists at the supermarket but here we are
Loved all of the spongebob references in this video. Great bit of entertainment thrown in
I love your videos & you put a lot of work into these. Every videos info is exactly what I've been looking for in one place. Thank you so much!
As a Korean, I'm happy to see so many seafood we highly consume made it up the list. Mackerel is love
Oysters when raw taste like the ocean smells to me. Thanks for the AWESOME tier lists!