Thoughts on tuna?
JaydedMiss
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Iv been eating a can of tuna a day and i feel like i could keep it up forever even though i dont really like tuna the way i make it makes me feel very satisfied. I mix it with a soup mix as a sauce and put it on top of potatoes half a can over 2 meals a day.
Though i hear to much tuna could be bad for you? Am i eating to much? I needed the low calorie protein. Thoughts please
Though i hear to much tuna could be bad for you? Am i eating to much? I needed the low calorie protein. Thoughts please
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Yeah...I mean, you really shouldn't be eating too too much because of the mercury. But I think it depends on what kind of tuna you are getting as well. (Can someone speak on this?)
I did it for a long time. Too much. I don't think I'll ever eat it again.0 -
i hear that too. mercury and over-fishing are things that i would really really like to be more aware and responsible about, but i've always been a big fan of tuna. even when i was little and kids would make fun of tuna sandwiches in my lunch, idgaf. the only meat i eat is seafood and tuna is a great, cheap and easy source of protein, so i'm not being super diligent in research on health or sustainability.
sorry that doesn't answer your question, just commiserating i guess.0 -
The tuna I buy is line caught Albacore which is 1) a more sustainable fishing practice; 2) they're smaller tuna so less mercury. This is what I get...
I also use canned wild Alaskan salmon which is a very low mercury fish.
ETA: I probably have either a can of tuna or can of salmon maybe once per week...they aren't really staple foods for me...just my "oh crap there's nothing for lunch" foods with some quinoa or something and a salad. If I ate them often, I'd probably really burn out quickly...I like quite a bit of variety.5 -
Yes, I like the Wild Planet tuna as well0
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I love tuna but because of the whole mercury mess, the doctor said to keep it to twice a week.4
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If you are eating canned light tuna vs. albacore/white tuna, you should be fine. Here is a link to read more about it
hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/chem-chim/environ/mercur/cons-adv-etud-eng.php4 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »The tuna I buy is line caught Albacore which is 1) a more sustainable fishing practice; 2) they're smaller tuna so less mercury. This is what I get...
I also use canned wild Alaskan salmon which is a very low mercury fish.
Thanks...will definitely be on the lookout for these. If memory serves, you do a lot of your grocery shopping at Costco. Is that where you find these?
Also, just throwing this out there: On a lark, I made a tuna and bacon sandwich for dinner last night. It sounds like a weird flavor combo on paper, but it was awesome. I added some fontina cheese which also worked, but in retrospect the sandwich would've been better w/ a couple slices of tomato. I also imagine it would work really well as a tuna melt.0 -
Regarding mercury, here's a link y'all might find interesting. Caveat: I haven't read through all of this yet.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253456/0 -
CafeRacer808 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »The tuna I buy is line caught Albacore which is 1) a more sustainable fishing practice; 2) they're smaller tuna so less mercury. This is what I get...
I also use canned wild Alaskan salmon which is a very low mercury fish.
Thanks...will definitely be on the lookout for these. If memory serves, you do a lot of your grocery shopping at Costco. Is that where you find these?
Also, just throwing this out there: On a lark, I made a tuna and bacon sandwich for dinner last night. It sounds like a weird flavor combo on paper, but it was awesome. I added some fontina cheese which also worked, but in retrospect the sandwich would've been better w/ a couple slices of tomato. I also imagine it would work really well as a tuna melt.
Yup...Costco...1 -
CafeRacer808 wrote: »Regarding mercury, here's a link y'all might find interesting. Caveat: I haven't read through all of this yet.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3253456/
thanks for this!1 -
If you are eating canned light tuna vs. albacore/white tuna, you should be fine. Here is a link to read more about it
hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/chem-chim/environ/mercur/cons-adv-etud-eng.php
yes i eat canned light tuna thats great im a little less worried now. Maybe ill start taking a few days off anyway to be safe, Switch it with some kolbassa or something. Yum.1 -
CafeRacer808 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »The tuna I buy is line caught Albacore which is 1) a more sustainable fishing practice; 2) they're smaller tuna so less mercury. This is what I get...
I also use canned wild Alaskan salmon which is a very low mercury fish.
Thanks...will definitely be on the lookout for these. If memory serves, you do a lot of your grocery shopping at Costco. Is that where you find these?
Also, just throwing this out there: On a lark, I made a tuna and bacon sandwich for dinner last night. It sounds like a weird flavor combo on paper, but it was awesome. I added some fontina cheese which also worked, but in retrospect the sandwich would've been better w/ a couple slices of tomato. I also imagine it would work really well as a tuna melt.
mmmmm tuna melt....and bacon......This threads ironically going to make me eat more tuna LOL1 -
Ermahgerd. If I were pregnant I would probably avoid it entirely. I'm sterile, though. Still, mercury poisoning isn't appealing at ALL. *cries* MUH TUNA.0
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Hmmmm.
Thoughts on tuna always end up with me thinking about sashimi.
Now I'm hungry. But had it twice this week already, so I'll stick to the lunch I brought.0 -
Thoughts on tuna... huh... I never really put much thought into it. I guess I have none. Oh! It's a lean source of protein0
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So many dolphins trapped (and killed) in tuna nets (there is no such thing as dolphin friendly tuna). I just have an issue with that. I stopped eating tuna a few years ago. I use chicken and turkey as my lean proteins.0
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So many dolphins trapped (and killed) in tuna nets (there is no such thing as dolphin friendly tuna). I just have an issue with that. I stopped eating tuna a few years ago. I use chicken and turkey as my lean proteins.
You are incorrect...poll and troll caught tuna catch nothing but tuna...6 -
So many dolphins trapped (and killed) in tuna nets (there is no such thing as dolphin friendly tuna). I just have an issue with that. I stopped eating tuna a few years ago. I use chicken and turkey as my lean proteins.
i mean, this article says that the dolphin friendly labels are junk, but not for the reasons of dolphin mortality. also that independent observers monitor most pacific tuna boats and that dolphin deaths have virtually disappeared.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/04/29/dolphin-safe-labels-on-canned-tuna-are-a-fraud/#23ab3e145755
i dunno, i struggle with eating the little animal protein that i do for ethical reasons, but i don't really get the mindset that fetishizes dolphin lives over the millions of tuna that are intentionally being killed in the nets. or over the chicken, cows, pigs, etc. i'm not saying that it's not horrific and cruel that trapped dolphins could die in the nets, i just don't think that it's more terrible than the factory farms.
eta: the link i forgot3 -
jessiferrrb wrote: »So many dolphins trapped (and killed) in tuna nets (there is no such thing as dolphin friendly tuna). I just have an issue with that. I stopped eating tuna a few years ago. I use chicken and turkey as my lean proteins.
i mean, this article says that the dolphin friendly labels are junk, but not for the reasons of dolphin mortality. also that independent observers monitor most pacific tuna boats and that dolphin deaths have virtually disappeared.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/04/29/dolphin-safe-labels-on-canned-tuna-are-a-fraud/#23ab3e145755
i dunno, i struggle with eating the little animal protein that i do for ethical reasons, but i don't really get the mindset that fetishizes dolphin lives over the millions of tuna that are intentionally being killed in the nets. or over the chicken, cows, pigs, etc. i'm not saying that it's not horrific and cruel that trapped dolphins could die in the nets, i just don't think that it's more terrible than the factory farms.
eta: the link i forgot
I don't really get it either, but I've had some people tell me that dolphins deserve consideration beyond that given to other animals due to their intelligence. That may be the case here also.0 -
The only real tragedy is that we don't eat the dolphin if we kill it. :P1
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janejellyroll wrote: »jessiferrrb wrote: »So many dolphins trapped (and killed) in tuna nets (there is no such thing as dolphin friendly tuna). I just have an issue with that. I stopped eating tuna a few years ago. I use chicken and turkey as my lean proteins.
i mean, this article says that the dolphin friendly labels are junk, but not for the reasons of dolphin mortality. also that independent observers monitor most pacific tuna boats and that dolphin deaths have virtually disappeared.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2015/04/29/dolphin-safe-labels-on-canned-tuna-are-a-fraud/#23ab3e145755
i dunno, i struggle with eating the little animal protein that i do for ethical reasons, but i don't really get the mindset that fetishizes dolphin lives over the millions of tuna that are intentionally being killed in the nets. or over the chicken, cows, pigs, etc. i'm not saying that it's not horrific and cruel that trapped dolphins could die in the nets, i just don't think that it's more terrible than the factory farms.
eta: the link i forgot
I don't really get it either, but I've had some people tell me that dolphins deserve consideration beyond that given to other animals due to their intelligence. That may be the case here also.
yeah, i guess. but rats and pigs are also super smart.
that argument does kind of remind me of the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy though. so long and thanks for all the fish!4 -
Meh, I eat a tin of skipjack a day with mashed up avocado and have honestly been a very regular tuna diner my whole life. The white stuff, bleurgh.0
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annacole94 wrote: »The only real tragedy is that we don't eat the dolphin if we kill it. :P
My understanding is that tests on dolphin meat often show really high mercury levels. It probably is something people wouldn't want to eat often, if at all.0 -
cwolfman13 wrote: »The tuna I buy is line caught Albacore which is 1) a more sustainable fishing practice; 2) they're smaller tuna so less mercury. This is what I get...
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I thought it was the opposite. Albacore has a higher concentration of Hg because it is smaller. I recently read that the FDA recommends limiting tuna consumption to 2 cans/wk.0 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »Iv been eating a can of tuna a day and i feel like i could keep it up forever even though i dont really like tuna the way i make it makes me feel very satisfied. I mix it with a soup mix as a sauce and put it on top of potatoes half a can over 2 meals a day.
Though i hear to much tuna could be bad for you? Am i eating to much? I needed the low calorie protein. Thoughts please
Have you thought of buying chunk canned chicken instead. You can do the same dishes with it that you can tuna. Might be a good way to switch things up.
I don't eat tuna but that is because I don't eat fish of any kind. Makes me gag.1 -
JaydedMiss wrote: »Iv been eating a can of tuna a day and i feel like i could keep it up forever even though i dont really like tuna the way i make it makes me feel very satisfied. I mix it with a soup mix as a sauce and put it on top of potatoes half a can over 2 meals a day.
Though i hear to much tuna could be bad for you? Am i eating to much? I needed the low calorie protein. Thoughts please
Have you thought of buying chunk canned chicken instead. You can do the same dishes with it that you can tuna. Might be a good way to switch things up.
I don't eat tuna but that is because I don't eat fish of any kind. Makes me gag.
Thats a good idea ill look into it! be safe0 -
lporter229 wrote: »cwolfman13 wrote: »The tuna I buy is line caught Albacore which is 1) a more sustainable fishing practice; 2) they're smaller tuna so less mercury. This is what I get...
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I thought it was the opposite. Albacore has a higher concentration of Hg because it is smaller. I recently read that the FDA recommends limiting tuna consumption to 2 cans/wk.
Mercury accumulates with age of the animal and place in the food chain. Younger fish, lower on the food chain, are safer.1
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