is too much tuna bad for you?

[JH34PG]

my mom said it has alot of mercury. does anyone know about this?

[FLEXJr]

it does have mercury. I have no idea what it does, but i eat like 2 cans of tuna a day and i feel fine... I'm not sure, bro. But yes, your mom is right, it has mercury, and too much is bad

[StrongEnough?]

I'm not sure.... maybe you should search. Searching always pulls up something good....

[BurritoJim]

Yes.

[DAAGO]

my mom said it has alot of mercury. does anyone know about this?

Weight in Pounds Frequency a Person Can Safely Eat A 6-ounce Can of Tuna
White Albacore Chunk Light
11 1 can/4 months 1 can/6 weeks
22 1 can/2 months 1 can/23 days
33 1 can/5 weeks 1 can/2 weeks
44 1 can/4 weeks 1 can/12 days
55 1 can/3 weeks 1 can/9 days
66 1 can/3 weeks 1 can/8 days
77 1 can/3 weeks 1 can/week
88 1 can/2 weeks 1 can/6 days
99 1 can/2 weeks 1 can/5 days
110 1 can/12 days 1 can/5 days
121 1 can/11 days 1 can/4 days
132 1 can/10 days 1 can/4 days
143 1 can/9 days 1 can/4 days
154 1 can/9 days 1 can/3 days
165 1 can/8 days 1 can/3 days
176 1 can/week 1 can/3 days
187 1 can/week 1 can/3 days
198 1 can/week 1 can/3 days
209 1 can/6 days 1 can/2 days
220 1 can/6 days 1 can/2 days
Source: Food and Drug Administration test results for mercury and fish, and the Environmental Protection Agency's determination of safe levels of mercury.

--Now, if any Dr.'s could add some info that would be great. I myself eat one, six ounce can a day. ooooops!!

[in10city]

http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/...ta-revised.pdf

Time to try canned salmon maybe?? I baught some a while back but have never been able to bring myself to open the can up... heard BAD things about it's taste texture and smell...

[CitadelArmyJAG]

Forget Salmon... just eat baby dolphins

[UF_Matt]

The problem with mercury is the potential for long-term neurological disorders. Remember the mad hatter from Alice in Wonderland? Hat makers used to go nuts because they worked with mercury while making hats. Long-term exposure took its toll.

[Backa53]

Weight in Pounds Frequency a Person Can Safely Eat A 6-ounce Can of Tuna
White Albacore Chunk Light
11 1 can/4 months 1 can/6 weeks
22 1 can/2 months 1 can/23 days
33 1 can/5 weeks 1 can/2 weeks
44 1 can/4 weeks 1 can/12 days
55 1 can/3 weeks 1 can/9 days
66 1 can/3 weeks 1 can/8 days
77 1 can/3 weeks 1 can/week
88 1 can/2 weeks 1 can/6 days
99 1 can/2 weeks 1 can/5 days
110 1 can/12 days 1 can/5 days
121 1 can/11 days 1 can/4 days
132 1 can/10 days 1 can/4 days
143 1 can/9 days 1 can/4 days
154 1 can/9 days 1 can/3 days
165 1 can/8 days 1 can/3 days
176 1 can/week 1 can/3 days
187 1 can/week 1 can/3 days
198 1 can/week 1 can/3 days
209 1 can/6 days 1 can/2 days
220 1 can/6 days 1 can/2 days
Source: Food and Drug Administration test results for mercury and fish, and the Environmental Protection Agency's determination of safe levels of mercury.

--Now, if any Dr.'s could add some info that would be great. I myself eat one, six ounce can a day. ooooops!!

I'm just gonna have to get up past 220 asap.

[waterfowler]

The FDA warning was for pregnant women and small children, if you are neither then you have nothing to worry about. The warning was also for fresh caught fish not canned fish.

[Vinnys025]

Yes, because its high in mecury.

[bigsparky]

Aren't most canned tuna from "fish farms" and not actually from the ocean, unless specified on the can??? They get the mercury from pollutants in the ocean.


Mercury is a neurotoxin and it builds up inside your body and does not get degraded or removed easily. Yet, I eat a can everyday....

[Iron7]

dont have it more than 50% of your protein source.

[maxiw]

Read this: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/mroussell5.htm
It suggests slowly increasing the number of cans of tuna you eat, if you intend to eat a lot.

Also from that article, as I struggle to understand, NAC is an antioxidant that helps eliminate Mercury from you system. Glutathione is a precursor to NAC which is abundant in fruit and vegetables, especially avocados.

[UF_Matt]

Aren't most canned tuna from "fish farms" and not actually from the ocean, unless specified on the can??? They get the mercury from pollutants in the ocean.

I saw a study in catfish that found that farm-raised had mercury levels just as high, if not higher.

I prefer to play it safe with my health and try to limit myself to fish once per week. Chicken is cheap, lean, and can be cooked in large batches to save time.

[Iron7]

I saw a study in catfish that found that farm-raised had mercury levels just as high, if not higher.

I prefer to play it safe with my health and try to limit myself to fish once per week. Chicken is cheap, lean, and can be cooked in large batches to save time.

yes, farmed raised have more mercury in them than wild.

[edplayer]

The FDA warning was for pregnant women and small children, if you are neither then you have nothing to worry about.

That doesn't sound right

With that logic, if I were neither a child nor a woman, I could eat mercury and have nothing to worry about.

The warning was also for fresh caught fish not canned fish.

Is there something done to canned fish that reduces or eliminates mercury?

[waterfowler]

That doesn't sound right

With that logic, if I were neither a child nor a woman, I could eat mercury and have nothing to worry about.

The mercury content is only high enough to possibly effect small children or the fetus of a pregnant women.

Is there something done to canned fish that reduces or eliminates mercury?

Canned fish have stricter guidelines. Fresh, ocean caught fish are the only examples that would apply. After saying that , no one has ever been mercury poisoned from canned fish. This has been discussed in length on this forum.Search

[edplayer]

Canned fish have stricter guidelines. Fresh, ocean caught fish are the only examples that would apply. After saying that , no one has ever been mercury poisoned from canned fish. This has been discussed in length on this forum.Search

Thanks. I'll run a search

while I'm searching, Is there any amount of mercury that can be considered good for me?

[in10city]

Try some salmon instead. I tried a pouch of pink salmon that I've feared opening for 6 months and all I can say is WOW. It was so freakin' GOOD. No fishy smell or taste. Just a mild, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth taste. Tasted a lot better than tuna.

[Jim_Gym]

I tried a pouch of pink salmon that I've feared opening for 6 months and all I can say is WOW. It was so freakin' GOOD. No fishy smell or taste. Just a mild, buttery, melt-in-your-mouth taste. Tasted a lot better than tuna.

Ugh, I tried that pouched salmon and it was fishy and nasty. I love my chunk light tuna, either the Starkist pouch or lately canned in water. It's way cheaper too.

[samuraibill]

hmmmmm.

the japanese eat tons of the stuff and they live longer and have less health issuses that us Ameriacans, so I think am going to eat it.

-austin

[Cougar10033]

A few summers ago i did the Dave draper Tuna and water cutting diet... except i took things to extremes like always. I ate about 7 cans of tuna a day for 2 weeks. I got shredded, went to the beach and ended up getting sicker than i ever had been in my life. It was the stomach flu times 1000. My whole body ached and i was sitting in the beach house wearing 2 sweatshirts shorts and a pair of sweat pants over them. From that summer on i have limited my tuna intake to maybe 3-4 cans a week.

[legends159]

A few summers ago i did the Dave draper Tuna and water cutting diet... except i took things to extremes like always. I ate about 7 cans of tuna a day for 2 weeks. I got shredded, went to the beach and ended up getting sicker than i ever had been in my life. It was the stomach flu times 1000. My whole body ached and i was sitting in the beach house wearing 2 sweatshirts shorts and a pair of sweat pants over them. From that summer on i have limited my tuna intake to maybe 3-4 cans a week.

well everything taken to an extreme right away would be too much for the body to deal with. Gotta give the body a bit of time to adjust.