I was thinking about eating a few cans of tuna and remembered that Tuna is high in mercury and was wondering how many people are worried about ingesting mercury. Many sources suggest you eat no more than 2-3 servings per month. people in china who eat dolphins for example which have extremely high amounts of mercury have died from it.
[quote]masonator wrote:
well during this last year at college I was broke as a joke, so I ended up eating AT LEAST 4 normal sized cans EVERY DAY, and I’m not dead. [/quote]
lol yea im a freshmen in college.
I accidently bought like 30 cans of tuna SUPENDED IN OIL. It pissed me off soooo bad. This shits soo messy and has a funny texture to the tuna.
Why do you guys eat so much tuna anyways? It’s extremely expensive if you look at how many cals you actually get out of it. There’s really no point in even eating it.
If you want canned fish, salmon or sardines would be MUCH better.
Mmm Tuna. Not the canned stuff, but fresh and quick seared, raw in the middle…What dreams are made of. I try to eat tuna about 3-4 times a week, it’s the only fish I find very palatable.
I’m not sure why every keeps saying they’re not dead yet…you’re going to suddenly die from mercury unless you’re exposed to a large acute dose. Lower chronic doses of mercury you’d get from eating a lot of tuna would be more destructive/degenerative than lethal.
Eat fish that are lower down in the food chain…like sardines and herring. I eat a lot of them. I only have one can of tuna a week, but I just eat other fish instead.
Remember, the lower down in the food chain the cleaner the fish. The big fish, like shark, should be avoided.
[quote]masonator wrote:
well during this last year at college I was broke as a joke, so I ended up eating AT LEAST 4 normal sized cans EVERY DAY, and I’m not dead. [/quote]
Just because you feel fine doesn’t mean anything…people with high cholesterol can feel perfectly normal, but that doesn’t mean something isn’t wrong.
I would say it depends on your current exposure levels. Do you have a mouth full of “silver” fillings? If so, then your mercury levels may already be quite high. You can do urine challange tests to determine your levels.
going with other fish seems like a good idea, salmon is suppose to be very low in mercury if there is any and other small fish taste fine anyway and are pretty cheap.
I imagine ill be eating alot of this stuff in years to come lol if I dont turn into a fat ass college student
Before you are eating enough tuna to worry about a health risk, you should be more concerned about diversifying your diet. Relying too much of anything isn’t really good, even if it is cheap and protein dense.
Try tongol tuna, it’s a lot lower in mercury, and tastes a lot better. At Whole foods it’s about $1.09 a can. Can’t beat the flavor if you’re used to the store brands like Starkist or Chicken of the sea. Also, chunk light is much lower in mercury levels than say solid white albacore.
[quote]Thomas Gabriel wrote:
Why do you guys eat so much tuna anyways? It’s extremely expensive if you look at how many cals you actually get out of it. There’s really no point in even eating it.
If you want canned fish, salmon or sardines would be MUCH better. [/quote]
You serious?
One small can is 70 cents and has 35grams of protein.
