two cans of tuna, and mac and cheese minus the butter when making the sauce. chop up a jalapeno and throw it in there. a good low fat meal with lots of protein and carbs.
[quote]ZEB wrote:
Well…the odds are in your favor.
“Based on MPP’s calculations, one out of every 20 cans of white albacore tuna should be recalled as unsafe for human consumption.”
Both the Seychelles study mentioned in the UPI article (following 600+ kids) and one in the UK following about 7000 odd kids showed that maternal consumption of fish did not cause, nor even correlate with developmental abnormalities. Quite the opposite in the UK study in fact–moms who ate more fish had smarter kids, despite the mercury. And the mercury warning have primarily been targeted at moms/children–there doesn’t seem to be a high incidence of mercury poisoning in adults so far as I can gather in the literature (I’m still looking). There mercury is certainly in the fish–that is true, and its higher than the FDA thinks is safe. But the studies simply aren’t there to show that high mercury in fish leads to dumb kids (unless I’m missing somethin on PubMed), much less having a negative effect on adults. It is a hot area of research, so the jury is out. But thus far it isn’t looking like a worry.
But seriously, what are you going to eat? You get PCBs in salmon. Mad cow in the beef. Chickens have salmonella and probably a host of other wiley, resistent bacteria. Wild game is getting prion diseases too. Pigs probably have something we haven’t found yet. And that isn’t even touching the mess that is our fruit and vegetable and grain supply system. The entire food chain is tainted. But you’re still better off eating a can of tuna than drinking a gallon of soy milk or something, so, I’ll take my chances.
[quote]rg73 wrote:
ZEB wrote:
Well…the odds are in your favor.
“Based on MPP’s calculations, one out of every 20 cans of white albacore tuna should be recalled as unsafe for human consumption.”
Both the Seychelles study mentioned in the UPI article (following 600+ kids) and one in the UK following about 7000 odd kids showed that maternal consumption of fish did not cause, nor even correlate with developmental abnormalities. Quite the opposite in the UK study in fact–moms who ate more fish had smarter kids, despite the mercury. And the mercury warning have primarily been targeted at moms/children–there doesn’t seem to be a high incidence of mercury poisoning in adults so far as I can gather in the literature (I’m still looking). There mercury is certainly in the fish–that is true, and its higher than the FDA thinks is safe. But the studies simply aren’t there to show that high mercury in fish leads to dumb kids (unless I’m missing somethin on PubMed), much less having a negative effect on adults. It is a hot area of research, so the jury is out. But thus far it isn’t looking like a worry.
But seriously, what are you going to eat? You get PCBs in salmon. Mad cow in the beef. Chickens have salmonella and probably a host of other wiley, resistent bacteria. Wild game is getting prion diseases too. Pigs probably have something we haven’t found yet. And that isn’t even touching the mess that is our fruit and vegetable and grain supply system. The entire food chain is tainted. But you’re still better off eating a can of tuna than drinking a gallon of soy milk or something, so, I’ll take my chances. [/quote]
They happen to be 1 in 20 in favor. Hey…go for it! 
[quote]rg73 wrote:
But seriously, what are you going to eat? You get PCBs in salmon. Mad cow in the beef. Chickens have salmonella and probably a host of other wiley, resistent bacteria. Wild game is getting prion diseases too. Pigs probably have something we haven’t found yet. And that isn’t even touching the mess that is our fruit and vegetable and grain supply system. The entire food chain is tainted. But you’re still better off eating a can of tuna than drinking a gallon of soy milk or something, so, I’ll take my chances. [/quote]
Maybe you learn you to fish for trout? I thought the whole organic thing was a scam-then I lived on a small farm in Europe for two weeks. I basically ate raw milk-turned into (yogurt or buttermilk over night) lots of eggs, picked mushroom and raspberries and lots of home grown tomatoes and I really felt full despite the fact that my calories had to be submaximal. Now I really just don’t think that a 1 pound apple has time to collect all the micronutrients that its supposed to.
[quote]pookie wrote:
I mix my tuna with cottage cheese. Might as well get all the nasty stuff down in one go.[/quote]
That sounds really disgusting.
I mix it with pickle relish, it adds some moisture and some sweetness, pretty good actually.
Mint Jelly. That doesn’t sound right, but it is the best thing if you are looking to eat tuna basically by itself. Totally works.
You can get fat free mayo made by Kraft and SafeWay
Easy fix, use Starkist Tuna Creations, comes in original, Lemon Pepper, Sweet and Spicy and Hickory Smoked. Excellent out of the package or mix to you liking.
Here is a good example for the Hickory Smoked a Tuna quesadilla, mix one package with a package of low fat cream cheese, add diced onion, garlic and jalapenos spread over a flour tortilla add some graded cheddar and cover with second tortilla. Place on grill till lightly browned flip and brown other side, slice like a pizza and enjoy.
Hope this helps.
Little low fat mayo, or some german mustard goes good. Also like soy sauce, ginger powder and a little garlic powder, add some low fat noodles and its a kind of chineese flavor thing going on.
Or just drain the water off ans suck it from the can straight, saves time, 30+ g protien per can.
Ultra low fat mayo and sweet pickle relish tastes great.
I actually like the taste of tuna, except for the fact that it’s dry and sticks going down, I just eat it right out of the package, or with some green olives. The lemon pepper creations is good too.
The kind packed with oil is fishier to me, so for starters go for the water packed variety. Drain all the water off, flake is out onto a plate or bowl to get rid of the rest of the water. Squeeze a little fresh lemon over it and sprinkle it over spinach or greens dressed with oil/vinegar or italian dressing.
Homemade mayo is awesome, but the shelf life is less than optimal for my purposes. I will throw some into a wheat pita pocket stuffed with sprouts, celery and onions. Yum Yum
[quote]ailax12 wrote:
One of my standby meals is a can of tuna and 1- 1.5 tblspoons of olive oil, and a couple olives- its a meal that can be scarfed in under a minute if ur in a rush.
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Me and my roommate used to eat cans of tuna all the time. If it was plain tuna, we just used hot sauce. You can also get tuna canned in olive oil from trader joe’s and it tastes great straight up. I assume the above suggestion should be similar, save for the tuna basically marinating in the oil.
I like to mix it with cottage cheese too! Although I haven’t eaten a can for about a month; made the switch to sardines packed in water…tastes great but smells horrible! Wife wont come near me for a few hours either, sometimes that’s a bonus!
You’re totally right about the apple thing. Let me pull out some numbers here:
Apple:
In 1914 contained 45.2 mg phosphorus, in 1992 had 7. Had 28 mg magnesium in 1914, in 1992 had 5.
[quote]mertdawg wrote:
Maybe you learn you to fish for trout? I thought the whole organic thing was a scam-then I lived on a small farm in Europe for two weeks. I basically ate raw milk-turned into (yogurt or buttermilk over night) lots of eggs, picked mushroom and raspberries and lots of home grown tomatoes and I really felt full despite the fact that my calories had to be submaximal. Now I really just don’t think that a 1 pound apple has time to collect all the micronutrients that its supposed to. [/quote]