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Concerned about mercury in fish? Here's an update
Do you eat a lot of fish and canned tuna? Do you worry about the mercury content? Here's a great update from Science News (click here) and a chart that shows the various suspected mercury levels. (The report said that exact mercury levels are dificult to determine and it depends on how polluted the waters are where the fish grew.)
How are you dealing with the the threat of mercury in fish? Does it change your choices at all? We'd love to know, so please tell us in the comments section following this post. Thanks!
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Comments
Salmon is the seafood I eat most often, so I’m glad to see that it’s low in mercury. And tilapia, which seems to be the most common seafood in the restaurants where I eat, is also low.
However, at my age of 66 with several health issues (especially chest pains and diabetes), I am less concerned about long-term issues like mercury in my food. Instead, I need to focus on near-term health issues, like how the next big meal will affect my heart and my diabetic blood glucose. So even some mercury-contaminated fish doesn’t scare me.
Jim Purdy
Eating fish can be good for you: It builds the brains of babies and helps the hearts of grown-ups. And eating fish can be bad for you: Fish from around the world swim in waters polluted with mercury, which gets into some fish, which gets into you when you take a bite.
An easy way to monitor your potential exposure to mercury from eating fish is to check out the free mercury calculator at http://www.gotmercury.org
Wow! This is a really cool tool. Thanks for letting us know about it.
Love this tool. Just plugged in my seafood consumption this week, and am sad to report I am up to 151% over recommended amount. Thought I was “doing good” if I stayed away from Tuna, but wow…and the fact that it is over a week, not just in a day. Certainly gives you a bigger vision. Thanks!
Mercury is another concern in both wild and farm-raised fish. While we eat fish for good heart health, mercury can actually increase the risk of heart attacks.
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