Too Much Fish?

[Romnas]

Is it bad to eat a can of tuna, plus a salmon patty everyday?
I heard somewhere (can't remember where though) that you are only supposed to eat salmon like 3-4 times a week. Any input?

[jersey cook]

I'm pretty sure that the reason you're supposed to limit your fish is because of mercury that may be in it - you theoretically could get mercury poisoning. You might want to try to change it up somedays just in case. I don't really know details, maybe you can try to google it or someone else here will have some more info.

[ChocoChick]

Tuna contains high levels of mercury. Albacore has more mercury than chunk light. Mercury poisoning is particularly insidious because it is cumulative. By the time you display symptoms, there is little that can be done.

Salmon is safe only if it is wild caught. Farmed salmon, which comprises 90% of what you get in the stores, is loaded with cancer-causing PCBs --Polychlorinated biphenyls. These are neurotoxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals banned in the U.S. since 1977 but which have are found at levels seven times higher in farmed salmon than in wild ones. Because most farmed salmon are raised on feed that includes ground-up fish -- and sometimes other animals, such as cattle -- their bodies collect PCBs.


High mercury: Atlantic halibut, king mackerel, oysters (Gulf Coast), pike, sea bass, shark, swordfish, tilefish (golden snapper), tuna (steaks and canned albacore).

High PCBs: Farmed salmon.

Moderate mercury: Alaskan halibut, black cod, blue (Gulf Coast) crab, cod, dungeness crab, Eastern oysters, mahimahi, blue mussels, pollack, tuna (canned light).

Low mercury: Anchovies, Arctic char, crawfish, Pacific flounder, herring, king crab, sanddabs, scallops, Pacific sole; tilapia, wild Alaska and Pacific salmon; farmed catfish, clams, striped bass, and sturgeon.

[WillDeadliftForFood]

Originally Posted by dbflgirl

Tuna contains high levels of mercury. Albacore has more mercury than chunk light. Mercury poisoning is particularly insidious because it is cumulative. By the time you display symptoms, there is little that can be done.

Salmon is safe only if it is wild caught. Farmed salmon, which comprises 90% of what you get in the stores, is loaded with cancer-causing PCBs --Polychlorinated biphenyls. These are neurotoxic, hormone-disrupting chemicals banned in the U.S. since 1977 but which have are found at levels seven times higher in farmed salmon than in wild ones. Because most farmed salmon are raised on feed that includes ground-up fish -- and sometimes other animals, such as cattle -- their bodies collect PCBs.


High mercury: Atlantic halibut, king mackerel, oysters (Gulf Coast), pike, sea bass, shark, swordfish, tilefish (golden snapper), tuna (steaks and canned albacore).

High PCBs: Farmed salmon.

Moderate mercury: Alaskan halibut, black cod, blue (Gulf Coast) crab, cod, dungeness crab, Eastern oysters, mahimahi, blue mussels, pollack, tuna (canned light).

Low mercury: Anchovies, Arctic char, crawfish, Pacific flounder, herring, king crab, sanddabs, scallops, Pacific sole; tilapia, wild Alaska and Pacific salmon; farmed catfish, clams, striped bass, and sturgeon.

Awesome info.