Pescetarian?

kjoy_
kjoy_ Posts: 316 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I am considering becoming a pescetarian, but I am worried about high levels of mercury in some types of fish. Are there any other fish-enthusiasts or pescetarians out there that eat fish on a daily basis? Do you make a conscious choice to eat certain types of seafood over others?

I wouldn't personally be doing this for ethical reasons, I just am not an avid white/red meat-eater.

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  • cadaverousbones
    cadaverousbones Posts: 421 Member
    I think from what I have heard most of them eat it a couple of times a week but not every day. I would do some research on what fish are lowest in mercury so that you don't consume too much of it. I am making the change to pescetarian as well right now, and was worried about it as well. I think wild alaskan caught fish and stuff like that has less mercury in it then fresh water fish, but don't quote me on that.


    I just found this website posted in the pescetarian group ... this might help and have some info

    http://blueocean.org/issues/fish-as-food/mercury/
  • cadaverousbones
    cadaverousbones Posts: 421 Member
    "If a fish cannot fit on a platter whole, it’s probably high in mercury. For instance, some of the lowest-mercury seafoods include shrimps, salmon, catfish, and pollock. You could fit them on a platter whole. But tuna? It would take a mighty large platter to fit a whole tuna, since yellowfin, bigeye, and bluefin tuna often exceed 100 pounds (bluefin can reach well over 1,000). That’s why fresh tuna comes in steaks. Canned tuna is usually yellowfin, skipjack, or albacore tuna. Most Americans eat so much canned tuna, in fact, that over one-third of the U.S. population’s mercury comes from canned tuna. And beware of fish sold as steaks; those are big fish, so limit your eating."

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