What a suprise to find a recipe here! I was sure the link between mood and fish - in the form of omega 3 fish oil - had been well documented. As omega 3 has also been confirmed to benefit in diabetes, lowering cholesterol and triglycerides, inflammation, arthritis and several other health concerns. I enjoy a fun meal as much as the next person, and don't want to pick on you with all the work you do. But...the implied dietary health implications really bother me. I find it ironic that in an article hinting at the benefits of essential fatty acids, you recommend low-fat mayonnaise, where the fat is from a natural product, eggs. And it is natural fats that are the healthiest. And while putting down eggs as unhealthy, you recommend canola oil. Canola is a GM plant, where the oil has long been used as an insecticide (toxic to life) and industrial lubricant, where it's toxicty and carcinogenic properties well documented and many precautions taken when handling it. This is one of the most toxic products on the market today. Fry your chips in olive oil! And of course the gluten in the fish breading. Those with mental illness are often very sensitive to food/environmental allergies, albeit at a subtle level. Gluten sensitivity can show as mood instability, depression and foggy thinking. Refined wheat increases blood sugar levels when many psych meds already have diabetes as a side effect. It also increases inflammation throughout the body (leading to illness) and blocking nutrient absorption - when meds also leach nutrients from the body. There is sufficient documentation about the link between nutrient deficiencies in mental illness, and their relationship to the progression and long-term instability often seen. Treatment protocols are well established using only nutrients. I hate to be so picky, especially when you were just having fun, and diet is so controversial. But after having bipolar for 25 years, and having gotten diabetes as a med side effect, and finally having achieved and maintained 100% stability off meds using only natural, nutrient and dietary interventions, I hate to see others suffer unnecessarily. ************************************** Hi, Rachel. Just so there's no misunderstandings: 1) I'm not advocating a perfect healthy diet. More power to the people who can stick to these diets, but the recipes here are basically about sensible compromises that are fairly easy for most of us to adopt. 2) Some of my recipes may call for "bad" ingredients, but always in the context of sensible compromise. 3) A very recent study published in the British Medical Journal casts doubt on the omega-3 evidence. We have the "links" but not the "proof." 4) Olive oil has a very low "smoke point," which makes it unsuitable - and probably much more dangerous than canola oil – for the high heat needed to fry chips. An alternative would be to lay the fries on a baking sheet and brush on the olive oil. I've not tried this. When I do I'll write about it. 5) Low-fat mayo uses egg whites rather than egg yolks as ingredients. No saturated fat, no cholesterol. Long live low-fat and no-fat mayo. Please feel free to check out my other recipes, but keep in mind why I am writing these recipes and the people I'm writing them for. Thank you for reading and keep the comments coming, John

Chips are ok brushed with oil and baked - great if you are trying to lose weight and/or be really healthy but if you want the real chip experience then they really must be fryed. Here in Yorkshire where I live they are always fried in beef dripping which gives the best flavour in the world - not a healthy option though. I would always recommend a bland oil over something strong flavoured like olive oil as olive oil just makes them taste too strongly of itself and just not right at all. Breaded fish portions can also be baked as long as you turn them half way through - that saves on fat in the diet too. I have lost 130 lbs in the last year through cutting down on calories and cutting fat out of my diet and eating plenty of fruit and vegetables; and I'm managing to get through the worst depressive episode that I've had in the last 5 years much better than I would have done previously. For one thing I am just physically able to be more active and I have managed not to be hospitalised although I have needed special care at home. I have plenty of recipes that I've made healthier than the original if you are interested in seeing them ever.