Tuna and Mercury and ME

[OC Cartel]

i eat 2-4 cans of chunklight tuna a day...........6-7x a week.....

is there any need to worry about mercury poisoning? if so....what are some effects of it when at high levels in body.....

thanks in advance

 

[Button Buck]

canned or trowser?

 

[Antigua]

What You Need to Know about Mercury in Fish and Shellfish

Here's a link that explains everything... I have been following mercury guielines in fish for a while now.

Link: http://www.epa.gov/waterscience/fishadvice/advice.html

 

[OC Cartel]

summary please.........

also.........can you hook me up with some rockstar?

 

[Tafman]

7. What if I eat more than the recommended amount of fish and shellfish in a week?

One week's consumption of fish does not change the level of methylmercury in the body much at all. If you eat a lot of fish one week, you can cut back for the next week or two. Just make sure you average the recommended amount per week.

 

[OC Cartel]

^ yea but what's the "average"
we/me are most likely consuming more than average amounts of fish/tuna and PROTEIN.....so you relaly can't go by "average" reccomendations right?

i just dont wanna die or become impotent

 

[Tafman]

u asked for a summary so i gave it

 

[Button Buck]

from what I've read everywhere they're saying that you can only eat enough to feed a small brigade of swallows a week.

This dude got poisoned from eating a ton of it but maybe BSing. I will search more.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=488851&page=1&pp=30&highlight=tuna

 

[Button Buck]

This dude is saying like 1 can a day for a 200lb dude. But theres a supplement you can take to help the mercury purging. Thats gay, I eat like 4 cans a day.

http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=753983

 

[Tafman]

i eat about 2 cans daily

 

[Double3]

I eat a can everyday though the week.

Been doing it for like 5-6 years. Haven't gone insaine yet.

 

[ManOfMuscle]

Yeah I just go 1 can a day, maybe 2 if I have trouble finding something good to eat later. I've never been worried but at 4 cans a day I would be more concerned.

 

[Fender]

See if you can stick a fridge magnet to your head...if not then you're OK.

 

[adidamps2]

See if you can stick a fridge magnet to your head...if not then you're OK.

oh i needed that one...lol that was great.

 

[SteelSouth]

See if you can stick a fridge magnet to your head...if not then you're OK.

Bwhahahahahahah

 

[Antigua]

Summary: A comprehensive table that shows the mercury concentrations found in fish.

http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~frf/sea-mehg.html

 

[Tafman]

summarize the info in the link pleaz

 

[Button Buck]

Trout seems to be very low according to that list. Think I will have to go all out ice fishing this weekend and stock up on that.

 

[Fender]

Trout's low because it's a fresh water fish....

 

[cman81]

Why is it that higher mercury levels are more common with salt water fish as opposed to fresh water?

Where I grew up, we had a problem with pike(freshwater) having high amounts of mercury, but it was due the lake and enviroment they were from. So is it safe to say that tuna from some waters contain more higher mercury levels?