How bad is tuna for you? No more than 2 cans a week?

Options
2»

Replies

  • Newfiedan
    Newfiedan Posts: 1,517 Member
    Options
    1 can of low sodium water packed tuna a day has not hurt me and I have been doing it for a long time now.
  • Tubby2Toned
    Tubby2Toned Posts: 130 Member
    Options
    The higher in the food chain, the higher the mercury levels. Best to limit shark and swordfish they really do have mercury levels that are unsafe.
    Things like sardines and anchovies are going to have very low mercury.
    I consider tuna safe at a can a day.
  • Hungry_Tuna
    Hungry_Tuna Posts: 361 Member
    Options
    Aw man... I do eat skipjack light tuna (less mercury than albacore).. Maybe I should cut back!
  • Hungry_Tuna
    Hungry_Tuna Posts: 361 Member
    Options
    Aw man... I do eat skipjack light tuna (less mercury than albacore).. Maybe I should cut back!

    Nahh.. I love my tuna too much. :)
    Here's the kind I buy...(pic from my cupboard on my blog)

    Tuna.jpg
  • marycmeadows
    marycmeadows Posts: 1,691 Member
    Options
    Check out this website!
    http://www.howmuchfish.com/

    Now, I don't feel bad eating seafood several times a week ;-)

    great site! thanks!!
  • patty1138
    patty1138 Posts: 196 Member
    Options
    bump
  • Zachor
    Zachor Posts: 8 Member
    Options
    You should try cans of chicken from Costco.
  • NicoWoodruff
    NicoWoodruff Posts: 369 Member
    Options
    I'll always eat fish but I am also concerned about toxicity.. which is why I only cook my own fish raw from the meat department and when I cook it I don't eat much if any of the skin from it unless it got cooked all the way to crisping, then it is yum lol.

    I've read in the past that the more toxic stuff is in canned fish or the skin of the fish if wildcaught. But not sure if that's correct.. so many conflicting infos. I've heard raging debate on both sides of farm raised fish.

    I tend to buy wild caught and not eat the skin.

Categories