Eating fish everyday low mercury fish is that bad?

samiamorisseau
samiamorisseau Posts: 107 Member
edited November 28 in Health and Weight Loss
Pescatarian going low carb. Is it bad if I eat fish for lunch and dinner? The fish I eat is low in mercury. So that's not bad right??

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  • chastity0921
    chastity0921 Posts: 209 Member
    The EPA recommends 0.1 microgram/kg body weight per day mercury as the most you should have. I would try to eat some other source of protein for one meal per day (beans, lentils, nuts, chickpeas, etc.). If you are of childbearing age, be especially careful. Mercury can be stored in the body for up to one year, so too much can be there before you are actually pregnant. It is also recommended to get a variety of fish.
  • misskarne
    misskarne Posts: 1,765 Member
    You really have a lot of problems. Have you ever tried just calorie counting WITHOUT the fad dieting?
  • alyssagb1
    alyssagb1 Posts: 353 Member
    misskarne wrote: »
    You really have a lot of problems. Have you ever tried just calorie counting WITHOUT the fad dieting?

    There's really not enough information given by the original post to even say for sure its a "fad" diet. Even if it isn't for medical reasons, who cares? If it works for them, it doesn't really matter. I also don't see how you came to the conclusion of "a lot of problems". Perhaps try to give information regarding the question the poster asked. You can give your opinion, but it doesn't have to be mean.

    Agree with chastity0921. (Try other types of protein sources as well as fish.)
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    I take KRILL every single day.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    alyssagb1 wrote: »
    misskarne wrote: »
    You really have a lot of problems. Have you ever tried just calorie counting WITHOUT the fad dieting?

    There's really not enough information given by the original post to even say for sure its a "fad" diet. Even if it isn't for medical reasons, who cares? If it works for them, it doesn't really matter. I also don't see how you came to the conclusion of "a lot of problems". Perhaps try to give information regarding the question the poster asked. You can give your opinion, but it doesn't have to be mean.

    Agree with chastity0921. (Try other types of protein sources as well as fish.)

    While @misskarne had a really blunt message, OP has a history of starting threads about different diet trends -- vegetarian, low carb, pescatarian, low fat, VLCD. I think this comment is more about OP's post history than this individual post.
  • AmandaHugginkiss
    AmandaHugginkiss Posts: 486 Member
    The Japanese eat fish almost every day, and sometimes every day. Are they keeling over from mercury poisoning? No? Then you have your answer.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    AmandaHugginkiss wrote: »
    The Japanese eat fish almost every day, and sometimes every day. Are they keeling over from mercury poisoning? No? Then you have your answer.

    According to this article from the Guardian, 95% of hair samples from adults in Tokyo exceed EPA recommended dosages for mercury. That said, it's not just the amount of fish you consume but the type of fish (and the waters the fish lived in) that help determine how much mercury you will accumulate in your body as a result of eating fish.

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/10/mercury-poisoning-global-menace-treaty
  • mlclark86
    mlclark86 Posts: 33 Member
    misskarne wrote: »
    You really have a lot of problems. Have you ever tried just calorie counting WITHOUT the fad dieting?

    Perhaps you didn't mean to, but this comes off as very judgmental and offensive to me, and I would assume to the OP as well.

    As for the OP, I would agree that you should probably try to eat another form of protein. Even a low mercury fish is probably too much eaten every day for two meals. Perhaps eat half the serving for each meal and then ad a small serving of another type of protein to it is you wish to half the fish at both meals.
  • AmandaHugginkiss
    AmandaHugginkiss Posts: 486 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    AmandaHugginkiss wrote: »
    The Japanese eat fish almost every day, and sometimes every day. Are they keeling over from mercury poisoning? No? Then you have your answer.

    According to this article from the Guardian, 95% of hair samples from adults in Tokyo exceed EPA recommended dosages for mercury. That said, it's not just the amount of fish you consume but the type of fish (and the waters the fish lived in) that help determine how much mercury you will accumulate in your body as a result of eating fish.

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/10/mercury-poisoning-global-menace-treaty

    I didn't ask if they had elevated mercury levels; I asked if they were keeling over. They live longer than anyone else on the planet, so it isn't exactly killing them en masse.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    AmandaHugginkiss wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    AmandaHugginkiss wrote: »
    The Japanese eat fish almost every day, and sometimes every day. Are they keeling over from mercury poisoning? No? Then you have your answer.

    According to this article from the Guardian, 95% of hair samples from adults in Tokyo exceed EPA recommended dosages for mercury. That said, it's not just the amount of fish you consume but the type of fish (and the waters the fish lived in) that help determine how much mercury you will accumulate in your body as a result of eating fish.

    http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jan/10/mercury-poisoning-global-menace-treaty

    I didn't ask if they had elevated mercury levels; I asked if they were keeling over. They live longer than anyone else on the planet, so it isn't exactly killing them en masse.

    Perhaps you might only be concerned about suddenly dropping dead, but others might be concerned about degrees of harm that take place before that point. Given that mercury poisoning can lead to harmful symptoms and conditions prior to death, it might be something others would want to consider.
  • alyssagb1
    alyssagb1 Posts: 353 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    alyssagb1 wrote: »
    misskarne wrote: »
    You really have a lot of problems. Have you ever tried just calorie counting WITHOUT the fad dieting?

    There's really not enough information given by the original post to even say for sure its a "fad" diet. Even if it isn't for medical reasons, who cares? If it works for them, it doesn't really matter. I also don't see how you came to the conclusion of "a lot of problems". Perhaps try to give information regarding the question the poster asked. You can give your opinion, but it doesn't have to be mean.

    Agree with chastity0921. (Try other types of protein sources as well as fish.)

    While @misskarne had a really blunt message, OP has a history of starting threads about different diet trends -- vegetarian, low carb, pescatarian, low fat, VLCD. I think this comment is more about OP's post history than this individual post.

    Perhaps so, I haven't saw anything like that. Usually if I see something like that in the title I scroll past. Still unnecessary to comment like that in my opinion. If the OP does have a history like you say, rude comments won't help. In reality, I doubt any comment would deter them from trying new fad diets. If someone doesn't have anything constructive, yet non mean to say in that situation; they shouldn't say it.
  • janejellyroll
    janejellyroll Posts: 25,763 Member
    alyssagb1 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    alyssagb1 wrote: »
    misskarne wrote: »
    You really have a lot of problems. Have you ever tried just calorie counting WITHOUT the fad dieting?

    There's really not enough information given by the original post to even say for sure its a "fad" diet. Even if it isn't for medical reasons, who cares? If it works for them, it doesn't really matter. I also don't see how you came to the conclusion of "a lot of problems". Perhaps try to give information regarding the question the poster asked. You can give your opinion, but it doesn't have to be mean.

    Agree with chastity0921. (Try other types of protein sources as well as fish.)

    While @misskarne had a really blunt message, OP has a history of starting threads about different diet trends -- vegetarian, low carb, pescatarian, low fat, VLCD. I think this comment is more about OP's post history than this individual post.

    Perhaps so, I haven't saw anything like that. Usually if I see something like that in the title I scroll past. Still unnecessary to comment like that in my opinion. If the OP does have a history like you say, rude comments won't help. In reality, I doubt any comment would deter them from trying new fad diets. If someone doesn't have anything constructive, yet non mean to say in that situation; they shouldn't say it.

    I am not supporting that post, I'm just responding to your comment that there wasn't enough information in the OP to make that statement. I wouldn't have said the same thing, but I can understand what inspired the comment and that is the context I was attempting to provide for you.
  • azulvioleta6
    azulvioleta6 Posts: 4,195 Member
    Check out Seafood Watch from Monterey Bay Aquarium.

    seafoodwatch.org/

    They do a good job of monitoring the environmental, social and health issues around seafood consumption and are the preeminent source for such information.

    Here is a list of seafood and mercury content, with recommendations for servings per month. Tuna is the biggest thing to be careful about--the government recommendation in the US is to limit it to 3 servings a month and to never consume aji or bigeye tuna.

    nrdc.org/health/effects/mercury/guide.asp
  • alyssagb1
    alyssagb1 Posts: 353 Member
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    alyssagb1 wrote: »
    janejellyroll wrote: »
    alyssagb1 wrote: »
    misskarne wrote: »
    You really have a lot of problems. Have you ever tried just calorie counting WITHOUT the fad dieting?

    There's really not enough information given by the original post to even say for sure its a "fad" diet. Even if it isn't for medical reasons, who cares? If it works for them, it doesn't really matter. I also don't see how you came to the conclusion of "a lot of problems". Perhaps try to give information regarding the question the poster asked. You can give your opinion, but it doesn't have to be mean.

    Agree with chastity0921. (Try other types of protein sources as well as fish.)

    While @misskarne had a really blunt message, OP has a history of starting threads about different diet trends -- vegetarian, low carb, pescatarian, low fat, VLCD. I think this comment is more about OP's post history than this individual post.

    Perhaps so, I haven't saw anything like that. Usually if I see something like that in the title I scroll past. Still unnecessary to comment like that in my opinion. If the OP does have a history like you say, rude comments won't help. In reality, I doubt any comment would deter them from trying new fad diets. If someone doesn't have anything constructive, yet non mean to say in that situation; they shouldn't say it.

    I am not supporting that post, I'm just responding to your comment that there wasn't enough information in the OP to make that statement. I wouldn't have said the same thing, but I can understand what inspired the comment and that is the context I was attempting to provide for you.

    Right, I didn't think you were. I also didn't intend to make it seem that way in my reply. Sorry!
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