Hey Guys! Love shark's fin soup? Well, GUESS how many sharks are being killed each year for their fins?! 100 to 200 MILLION anually!!! The people who kill this sharks has no mercy at all! After chopping off the shark's fin, they are just dumped back into the ocean left to die.
(picture taken from http://bushwarriors.wordpress.com/2010/09/24/out-of-control-shark-finning-puts-the-red-in-the-red-sea/)
Fins dried out under the sun before being processed
PLUS, it doesn't do any good for your health! You can dismissed all those crap about shark's fin soup being all good for the immune system, boost sexual potency, enhance skin quality, increase one's qi or energy, prevent heart disease, and lower cholesterol. Even to the extend where shark's fin is claim to prevent cancer! Studies has showed that all thses are false. Shark's fin has a lower content of vitamin is much less than vegetable oil.
If consumed in extremely large quantities, shark fin soup may cause sterility in men due to mercury content. The FDA(Food and Drug Administration) recommends pregnant women and young children avoid eating shark fins.
SO GUYS! STOP EATING SHARK'S FIN SOUP!
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