How much tuna is too much?

[Diakonos]

I've been hearing all of these horror stories about how eating too much tuna is bad for you because of it's mercury content. I personally love tuna. I eat 3 oz. of it every morning for breakfast (along with 6 oz of milk, fiber one bran cereal and dried cranberries ). Are there any negatives side effects for eating that much tuna on a daily basis? Will I wake up one morning with a third ear or some other weird deformity?

I would appreciate any information someone may have on this topic.

 

[atherjen]

the mercury content in tuna is minimal compared to larger carnivore type fish. 1-2 cans/day is fine IMO.

 

[Flex]

Originally posted by Diakonos
How much tuna is too much?

NEVA enough tuna.

i've been eating 1 can of tuna for probly the last 5 years straight (...broke college kid), and i have developed a 3rd nut or anything....yet

 

[Diakonos]

Originally posted by atherjen
the mercury content in tuna is minimal compared to larger carnivore type fish. 1-2 cans/day is fine IMO.

I don't eat that much. I just eat 1 "flavor fresh pouch" a day which contains three ounces. However, according to a web site I just left. You should take in but 12 oz. a day, which I clearly exceed. Further more, I eat albacore white, which supposedly has the highest mercury content.

http://www.mercurypolicy.org/new/documents/TunaReleaseFinal012604.pdf

 

[PreMier]

Dude you worry too much... I wouldnt exceed 5 cans a day, but anything under that is fine.

 

[Var]

If I havent died from it yet, you're safe.

 

[greekblondechic]

The tuna warning goes out mainly to soon-to-be pregnant women, pregnant women, and children.

 

[Monolith]

lol, the girl checking me out at the grocery store the other day commented on the 14 cans of tuna i was buying.

Apparently she got mercury poisoning from eating too much fish... said it cost her $15,000 in medical bills.

I didnt feel like arguing, though, so just said they were "for my cat."

 

[PreMier]

Poision the cat....

 

[Mr.Attitude]

I been brought up on fish and a lot of other seafoods (live in a coastal fishing and farming village), ate fish near enough everyday since i was a very young kid and couldn't say i ever had any problems.

 

[aztecwolf]

how much is too much tuna?? when you start to smell like it. until then chow down

 

[Jodi]

I heard there is more mercury in the albacore than the chunk shit. Figures, I only eat albacore I can't stand the other stuff CAT FOOD!

 

[once was fat]

Albacore is way to dry for me. I like the chunk light shit. The best I found is at 41cents a can. Love it.

 

[aztecwolf]

chunk light = doggie food

 

[once was fat]

Originally posted by aztecwolf
chunk light = doggie food

Yeh but its dam cheap 1 can of albacore= two cans of chunk light.

 

[aztecwolf]

yeah i used to eat the chunk light but then i started to eat the solid white albacore and it's like trying to eat bologne after filet mignon(not that exaggerate but similar)

 

[once was fat]

Originally posted by aztecwolf
yeah i used to eat the chunk light but then i started to eat the solid white albacore and it's like trying to eat bologne after filet mignon(not that exaggerate but similar)

Ok you win, but my wallet is heavier.