Is it OK to eat fish every day?

lionkingbg

I try to eat fish almost every day because of omega 3 fats. Is it safe and healthy?

kshama2001

Even though I am not planning on getting pregnant, I limit tuna due to mercury. This page has types of fish and mercury levels from Least to Highest: http://www.nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/guide.asp

brb2008

You just have to think about mercury issues I think. I read up on it a while back when I was eating tuna every day. I read for my age and health it was fine as I was chosing chunk light which is lower in mercury than albacore. Basically the bigger the fish, the more other fish that fish eats the higher the mercury content.

RodaRose

What kind of fish do you eat? Cold water fish have omega 3. Small fish like salmon and sardines are less likely to have mercury.

lionkingbg

RodaRose wrote: »

What kind of fish do you eat? Cold water fish have omega 3. Small fish like salmon and sardines are less likely to have mercury.

Hake, mackarel, trout... Sometimes I eat canned tuna and sardines.

RodaRose

You might not need as much omega 3 as you think. What is it about omega 3 that is important?

lionkingbg

To raise HDL and to lower LDL cholesterol.

RodaRose

lionkingbg wrote: »

To raise HDL and to lower LDL cholesterol.

HDL is usually increased with losing weight and increasing exercise.

1. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1567568811708856

Strategies to increase the concentration of HDL should begin with lifestyle changes such as weight reduction, increased physical activity and smoking cessation.

2. Some people take omega 3 in hope of lowering tryglerides:

The higher dose (3.4 g/d) of EPA+DHA significantly lowered triglycerides, but neither dose improved endothelial function or inflammatory status over 8 wk in healthy adults with moderate hypertriglyceridemia. The trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00504309.

3. LDL: The science is less clear and changing, especially since our bodies makes it for us.
http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/Cholesterol/AboutCholesterol/About-Cholesterol_UCM_001220_Article.jsp#

Cholesterol is a waxy substance that comes from two sources: your body and food. Your body, and especially your liver, makes all the cholesterol you need and circulates it through the blood. But cholesterol is also found in foods from animal sources, such as meat, poultry and full-fat dairy products. Your liver produces more cholesterol when you eat a diet high in saturated and trans fats.

4. Most of the trans fats are out of our food supply but can still be found.
http://www.fda.gov/Food/ResourcesForYou/Consumers/ucm079609.htm

Trans fat can be found in many of the same foods as saturated fat. These can include:

Coffee creamer
Crackers, cookies, cakes, frozen pies, and other baked goods
Fast food
Frozen pizza
Ready-to-use frostings
Refrigerated dough products (such as biscuits and cinnamon rolls)
Snack foods (such as microwave popcorn)
Vegetable shortenings and stick margarines

Yi5hedr3

No, too much Mercury. One to two times weekly, max.