"Richard Muirhead's tiny smokehouse in the grounds of Brougham Hall is a local treasure. Most of the ingredients come from within Cumbria. The smoked salmon is superb, some of the best I have tasted".
Rose Prince
Food & Drink Daily Telegraph
Smoked Salmon Health Benefits
Smoked Salmon is a natural healthy choice containing many nutritional benefits. For instance compared to hamburger, steak, and pork loin, smoked salmon contains 20 % more protein. Smoked Salmon is a highly digestible protein packed with vitamin A and carotenoids, which are thought to help prevent cancer. Additional nutritional benefits associated with smoked salmon, which have been well researched and documented in medical journals include:
An average portion of Smoked
Salmon provides over half
the daily allowance of protein.
In addition to vitamin A and carotenoids, Smoked
Salmon contains B vitamins,
particularly niacin and vitamin D, which helps a body to absorb
calcium.
Smoked
Salmon contains far less saturated fat than an equal
portion of virtually any other meat or poultry protein source.
Smoked
Scottish Salmon is an excellent source of polyunsaturated
fatty acids, known as omega-3 fatty acids – these are
the “good” kind
of fat, which have been associated with reducing heart disease
and inhibiting the onset of inflammatory diseases. It is no coincidence
that Japan consumes the highest amount of salmon per head, and
has the lowest level of heart disease in the world.
Omega-3 fatty acids are a nutritional benefit found in Smoked Salmon and are not contained in any meat and few
other seafood products in any significant degree.
Professor Hugh Pennington of the Food Standards Agency recommends
Smoked Salmon “As well as being a particular tasty product,
it is good for our health”
