fish intake?

[L3]

so ive been hitting the fish hard latley, talapia, salmon, and tuna

lots and lots of tuna, maybe 4-6 cans a day

should i be worried about mercury etc?

thanks!

[PdH]

I wouldn't worry about it too much if you're eating skipjack. Albacore on the other hand has pretty high levels of mercury b/c of the monstrous size of the fish. However, if your gums start to bleed and your teeth fall out you might want to cut back a bit. :greet

LEAST MERCURY
Enjoy these fish:
Anchovies
Butterfish
Catfish
Clam
Crab (Domestic)
Crawfish/Crayfish
Croaker (Atlantic)
Flounder*
Haddock (Atlantic)*
Hake
Herring
Mackerel (N. Atlantic, Chub)
Mullet
Oyster
Perch (Ocean)
Plaice
Pollock
Salmon (Canned)**
Salmon (Fresh)**
Sardine
Scallop*
Shad (American)
Shrimp*
Sole (Pacific)
Squid (Calamari)
Tilapia
Trout (Freshwater)
Whitefish
Whiting

MODERATE MERCURY
Eat six servings or less per month:
Bass (Striped, Black)
Carp
Cod (Alaskan)*
Croaker (White Pacific)
Halibut (Atlantic)*
Halibut (Pacific)
Jacksmelt
(Silverside)
Lobster
Mahi Mahi
Monkfish*
Perch (Freshwater)
Sablefish
Skate*
Snapper*
Tuna (Canned
chunk light)
Tuna (Skipjack)*
Weakfish (Sea Trout)

HIGH MERCURY
Eat three servings or less per month:
Bluefish
Grouper*
Mackerel (Spanish, Gulf)
Sea Bass (Chilean)*
Tuna (Canned Albacore)
Tuna (Yellowfin)*

HIGHEST MERCURY
Avoid eating:
Mackerel (King)
Marlin*
Orange Roughy*
Shark*
Swordfish*
Tilefish*
Tuna
(Bigeye, Ahi)*

[MMASTAR]

eat the light tuna and not the white tuna and you will be fine, like pdh said the light tuna is from either skipjack or yellowfin tuna, which are small and relatively young, white tuna is from albacore which are huge and about 20 years old when fished. As well i would try and eat more fresh or frozen than canned fish. The canning process is hard on the nutrient value of food. I buy those pre cut frozen 100g wild salmon fillets and just cook a bunch at the start and middle of the week. Covers your omega 3's to.

[bigtavi8]

i eat a LOT of tuna, salmon, tilapia, sole in the offseason. Last contest prep i did i ate a shit load of tuna and got violently ill and got merc. poisioning and my hair was falling out for some reason. So this year i tried switching to frozen salmon filets and its much better.

[L3]

thanks for the info guys!!!!!.. the tuna i use is the darker meat tuna from costco!

after im done these 24 cans ill switch exculsively to cod/talapia.

[The Brick]

i eat a LOT of tuna, salmon, tilapia, sole in the offseason. Last contest prep i did i ate a shit load of tuna and got violently ill and got merc. poisioning and my hair was falling out for some reason. So this year i tried switching to frozen salmon filets and its much better.

Wow, never heard of that happening to anyone?

How much is alot? must have been a ton?

[bigtavi8]

6+ cans of the NO FRILLS 75cent cheap shit. Im not bsing it happened i dont no how but it is the only thing that can be responsible in my research on the subject.

[rlmoney]

What do the asteriks represent in PdH's post?

[BAM]

Canned tuna after a while made me feel like shit, even @ 2-3 cans day.

[PdH]

What do the asteriks represent in PdH's post?

* Fish in Trouble! These fish are perilously low in numbers or are caught using environmentally destructive methods. To learn more, see the Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Blue Ocean Institute, both of which provide guides to fish to enjoy or avoid on the basis of environmental factors.

** Farmed Salmon may contain PCB's, chemicals with serious long-term health effects.

[Memo]

I only eat sardines, basa and occasional salmond. I am so worried about mercury.

[Jazzy]

When I eat tuna fish, I took the flaked light tuna because in light tuna, There aren't have a lot of mercure!

[LondonMuscle]

there is a lot of conjecture about the fish issue right now... from the data ive seen the body seems to be self regulating in the storage of mercury, so although mercury levels do increase initially from increased fish intake they tend to level off of the body just increases its excretion rates

if you are worried though u can always have these levels tested quite easily

[steve_d]

6+ cans of the NO FRILLS 75cent cheap shit. Im not bsing it happened i dont no how but it is the only thing that can be responsible in my research on the subject.

49 cents at shoppers from time to time, and on a 20x the points weekend, if you do the math, it worked out to about 30 cents a can. let's just say I have alot of tuna at my house. I used to eat 4-5 cans a day, but lately its 1-2 max. I probably had some sort of poisoning, even if I didn't, i'd rather be safe than sorry...I eat about 3-4 cans a week now

[tiramisu]

I used to be a canned tuna junky but I've mostly switched to cooking filets these days... basa, talapia, cod, pickerel.