According to the American
Heart Association, about 1.0 g/day of EPA + DHA, or two servings
of fatty fish per week reduces the risk of death from coronary heart
disease (Huynh & Kitts, 2009). Consequently, ‘‘EPA + DHA’’ is one of
the most important nutritional quality indexes. In our study, all
cooking methods significantly (P < 0.05) reduced the EPA + DHA
content of cooked fish. However, baking caused the lowest reduction
and microwave cooking had the highest reduction among
other methods.