Vvitto

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posted September 03, 2001 02:15 PM
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I eat fish as part of my diet every day and I read some article about mercury poisoning.
I usually eat mackerel and Tuna! Is tuna canned in oil good? I like it better than tuna canned in water?

How much fish a day is too much?

Thanks for your input

cytrix

unfortunately there is a lot of mercury in canned tuna, that's why it's suggested that pregnant women for example limit their intake to 1 serving a week or less - it suck's, 'cause tuna is so convenient at times.

TheSupremeBeing

I've heard about this, I never really gave a shit...I usually eat about 3 cans a day and I still only have 2 heads.

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cytrix

i eat it too, i'm just saying that it's true about the mercury. it don't make sense to worry about stuff you can't change. there's a lot stuff in food that's not healthy, you gotta eat.

Vvitto

Could anyone suggest any other kind of fish as this mackerel really stinks!

Eating only Tuna is really getting too dull and I am getting fed up with only tuna.. I need some variations in terms of fish!!

thanks

TheSupremeBeing

I think this is only a problem with tuna straight outta the ocean, not canned tuna for reasons I can't remember.

Eat some lobster, crab, shrimp, bass, trout, walleye, they is all good.

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Maki Riddington

Some fish that you may want to include in your diet would be,trout, salmon,sardines and eel. These fish contain the richest amount of what is known as w3 fatty acids.
There are others but the amount of good oils they carry are far smaller when compared to these fish I listed.

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Pemburu

This is a cut and paste. So take it for what it's worth.

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FDA toxicologists have determined that for persons other than pregnant women and women of childbearing age who may become pregnant, regular consumption of fish species with methyl mercury levels around 1 part per million (ppm)--such as shark and swordfish--should be limited to about 7 ounces per week (about one serving) to stay below the acceptable daily intake for methyl mercury. For fish with levels averaging 0.5 ppm, regular consumption should be limited to about 14 ounces per week. Current evidence indicates that nursing women who follow this advice do not expose their infants to increased risk from methyl mercury.

Consumption advice is unnecessary for the top 10 seafood species, making up about 80 percent of the seafood market--canned tuna, shrimp, pollock, salmon, cod, catfish, clams, flatfish, crabs, and scallops. This is because the methyl mercury levels in these species are all less than 0.2 ppm and few people eat more than the suggested weekly limit of fish (2.2 pounds) for this level of methyl mercury contamination.

FDA's action level of 1 ppm for methyl mercury in fish was established to limit consumers' methyl mercury exposure to levels 10 times lower than the lowest levels associated with adverse effects. (paresthesia) observed in the poisoning incidents. FDA based its action level on the lowest level at which adverse effects were found to occur in adults. This is because the level of exposure was actually lower than the lowest level found to affect fetuses, affording them greater protection.

FDA toxicologists are developing a more complete database for addressing low-level methyl mercury exposures from fish; however, they consider the 1 ppm limit to provide an adequate margin of safety. This doesn't mean that it is safe to regularly and frequently eat fish that contain 1 ppm methyl mercury. The limit was established taking into consideration the types of fish people eat, the levels of methyl mercury present in each species, and the amounts of fish that are normally consumed.

Not everyone agrees, however, about what advice to provide to consumers. This is particularly evident in sport fish advisories provided by states around the country. Because states often use different criteria for their fish advisories, adjoining states may provide different advice about fish from the same bodies of water. Some states have adopted a zero risk approach and have advised consumers not to eat certain species, while others have advocated a limit on intake that is more consistent with the FDA approach.

Despite these differences, efforts by the states remain a valuable guide for alerting people to possible mercury contamination in certain fish species in particular bodies of water. Federal efforts are being made to increase uniformity in fishing advisories.
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After I read this a few months back I quit worrying about my 1-2 cans of tuna per day.
JC

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Vvitto

Interesting posting.Indeed sheds some light over a sensitive issue.

But I didnt see anything mentioned about mackerel,sardines,eel,trout etc?

Are they Ok?

cytrix

pemburu, thanx for your info, i see tuna is really not as high inh mercury as i thought -i remember it was on the news once, but they like to blow things out of proportion sometimes

Maki Riddington

*** Yes they are OK, but they don't contain nearly the same amount of good fat as the fish I mentioned.



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Robert D.

The only fish I eat is Tuna!

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