Is too much tuna bad?
jessicah36
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I need to incorporate more protein into my diet, but I heard that too much tuna can give you mercury poisoning. Yesterday I had 2 tins of John West light tuna and the day before I had one and the day before I had one. How many tins of these tunas could I have in a week that would be safe? Argh now where am I going to get my protein from...
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I wouldn't worry about it, we'll run out of good tuna before you'll get to eat enough of it to worry about mercury poisoning.0
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barf0
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I have about 6 cans a week .. and have yet to die from it.
I think that there is little to worry about unless you consume huge amounts of it . . and even then, that would have to be like eating it night and day, so not likely to happen.0 -
http://www.ewg.org/research/tuna-calculator
Above is a link to a calculator for calculating how much you can safely consume. What about eating canned salmon instead.0 -
That is a good question, I love tuna also, and right now tend to have about 2 cans a week. Wonder how many, are TOO MANY?0
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I need to incorporate more protein into my diet, but I heard that too much tuna can give you mercury poisoning. Yesterday I had 2 tins of John West light tuna and the day before I had one and the day before I had one. How many tins of these tunas could I have in a week that would be safe? Argh now where am I going to get my protein from...
Don't even worry about mercury poisoning - canned tuna had negligible amounts. I would say mind your sodium intake - they stuff some salt into those little tins, I tell ya!!! Good luck with your protein - I cook up chicken wings, meatball 'bites' and boil up a dozen eggs every weekend, and that sees me through a lot0 -
You'd have to eat tuna exclusively to even get a small %age of the allowable of Hg
So, unless your system is particularly susceptible to Hg-related problems, eat up.0 -
I eat4 to 6 cans aweek-been doing that for 5 years-and I know its great protein-so I am not worried at all0
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