Sodium and canned tuna
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indianwin2001
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I love canned tuna-(has to be bumble bee) .My question is will rinsing the tuna with water before eating get rid of some of the sodium?
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Do you have a medical reason to be concerned with your sodium intake? Unless you have high blood pressure, then there's not reason to worry about it.0
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Can't you just buy the stuff in springwater?0
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Can't you just buy the stuff in springwater?
I do buy it in water--still high in sodium0 -
I have HBP and there are very good ultra low sodium tuna out there. I buy Starkist selects very low sodium ( gold can) 35mg/serving. 2 servings per can. Very very good stuff available at all grocery stores.....0
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mbailey423 wrote: »I have HBP and there are very good ultra low sodium tuna out there. I buy Starkist selects very low sodium ( gold can) 35mg/serving. 2 servings per can. Very very good stuff available at all grocery stores.....
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No. Screw the sodium. It's the mercury you should be worried about. http://seaturtles.org/programs/mercury/?list=type&type=750
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I do buy it in water--still high in sodium
Oh, well, no rinsing it won't help - the stuff in springwater has already been water treated. To get lower sodium you'll have to source actual low sodium tuna as suggested above. It will have been processed to remove extra sodium. Fact is, tuna has sodium in it naturally, comes from being contained in a salt-water environment all it's life.
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Read the CDC report on mercury in canned tuna. Cliff notes version is that a 200 lb man can safely eat 3 to 5 cans of chunk light tuna per week .0
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mbailey423 wrote: »Read the CDC report on mercury in canned tuna. Cliff notes version is that a 200 lb man can safely eat 3 to 5 cans of chunk light tuna per week .
I eat between 5 and 10 cans a week. Have been doing that for over 40 years. I'm still here,so I don't think I'll lose sleep over my mercury levels tonite0 -
indianwin2001 wrote: »mbailey423 wrote: »Read the CDC report on mercury in canned tuna. Cliff notes version is that a 200 lb man can safely eat 3 to 5 cans of chunk light tuna per week .
I eat between 5 and 10 cans a week. Have been doing that for over 40 years. I'm still here,so I don't think I'll lose sleep over my mercury levels tonite
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I'm an avid saltwater fisherman and I try to keep up with things like this. What I can tell you is that the highest amounts methyl mercury is found in bay type fish, think flounder, seaBass stripes bass etc due to fresh water runoff from streams and rivers. Most ocean fish have lower amounts, but still contain it.
Id be more worried about breathing the air than the mercury in tuna.0 -
8 replys, 1 actually answers OP's question. Interesting, but soaking the tuna in more water should remove more sodium in theory. How long it takes and how much sodium is removed per water volume is another question.0
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indianwin2001 wrote: »indianwin2001 wrote: »mbailey423 wrote: »Read the CDC report on mercury in canned tuna. Cliff notes version is that a 200 lb man can safely eat 3 to 5 cans of chunk light tuna per week .
I eat between 5 and 10 cans a week. Have been doing that for over 40 years. I'm still here,so I don't think I'll lose sleep over my mercury levels tonite
White (Albacore) tuna has higher mercury levels than chunk light. IMHO, canned salmon (the skinless / boneless stuff in the little tuna cans) tastes about the same as chunk light (and has about the same sodium content, but a bit higher fat) but quite a bit lower in mercury.
Personally, my favorite canned fish is the salmon in the big cans that still has the bones and skin -- it's not nearly as dry as boneless / skinless, and has far better flavor. But I digress...0 -
I know you said tuna and brand bumblebee...but if you like canned salmon, they have no salt added canned salmon at Trader Joes...I believe the sodium is 60mg and Chicken of the Sea canned tuna has a reduced sodium I believe 90 mg...as I am watching my sodium also?0
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Can you lower the sodium in other areas to make room for the tuna?
If your blood pressure is under control with your regular diet, then it's probably not worth worrying too much about.0 -
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NatashaP1997 wrote: »I know you said tuna and brand bumblebee...but if you like canned salmon, they have no salt added canned salmon at Trader Joes...I believe the sodium is 60mg and Chicken of the Sea canned tuna has a reduced sodium I believe 90 mg...as I am watching my sodium also?
Thanks Natasha0 -
Some_Watery_Tart wrote: »Can you lower the sodium in other areas to make room for the tuna?
If your blood pressure is under control with your regular diet, then it's probably not worth worrying too much about.
Thanks--My BP is good but I take 3 meds for it so I do get concerned and it seems the foods I eat are all high in sodium which I never realized until I started logging. At least MFP made me aware of it0 -
shifterbrainz wrote: »8 replys, 1 actually answers OP's question. Interesting, but soaking the tuna in more water should remove more sodium in theory. How long it takes and how much sodium is removed per water volume is another question.
I know-I never said nor am I concerned with mercury.0
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