iris
New Member
I eat way too much of this stuff, too.
It's quick, easy, portable and involves no cooking for the ones that do not want to do it anymore = me.
MESO-Rx
Anabolic Steroids
Mercury blood test -- time to cut back on the tuna
I eat way too much of this stuff, too.
It's quick, easy, portable and involves no cooking for the ones that do not want to do it anymore = me.
xeonmasters
Member
there are a few brands of "food service" in my country that have tuna in sachets, I wonder if they are mercury-poisoned
and mercury test in blood is like 10 USD and mercury in blood is 8~9 USD in my country, I will test as well because I eat like 100-120grams of tuna twice a week
and mercury test in blood is like 10 USD and mercury in blood is 8~9 USD in my country, I will test as well because I eat like 100-120grams of tuna twice a week
I'm with you. I do two cans of tuna and at least two cans of herring/sardines most days. Combined with the Brussel sprouts it is a wonder my sig other sticks around.
I was actually called into HR one day and politely asked to cut out the sardines and Brussel sprouts at work. Some did not appreciate it. I get it.
iris
New Member
Have you ever had any actual physical symptoms that you think could be attributed to excessive mercury in your body?
Grey Spartan
Member
Come on now. Fresh (frozen) tuna takes literally 1 minute to cook. I eat a pound two to three times a week.
iris
New Member
I am being very honest by admitting to it and I know it's not a good thing.
But it is true, zero cooking happening.
My mother ain't pleased.
There are reasons. But also I have become accustomed to it.
For the foreseeable future, it will continue.
I am sure your tuna is delish.
Do you add a bit of soy sauce or spices?
With fresh fish I would always want to add some kind of flavour, or it's so bland.
Ghoul
Member
Quality sardines are great, far healthier, and you'd need to eat 100x as much to get the same mercury content.
The lower on the food chain seafood is, the healthier it is.
I love Swordfish, bit must limit it to a couple of times a year of or may as well season my food with ash from a coal electric generation plant.
The lower on the food chain seafood is, the healthier it is.
I love Swordfish, bit must limit it to a couple of times a year of or may as well season my food with ash from a coal electric generation plant.
iris
New Member
I never have swordfish but sardines are great.
Mackerel, too.
It's not in a can, but monkfish is delish.
Roasted in the oven, with garlic, rosemary and potatoes; yum
My brain has taken such a beating with the AAS it is very hard to deconvolute any specific mental effects from the Hg. I would imagine longer term they may start to rear but as of now none that I can put a specific finger on.
Perhaps the Hg helps explain my prior posts on potential impurities in AAS. Perhaps I am already gone and just haven't realized it.
Ghoul
Member
You could almost mistake Swordfish for beef, but far leaner. Too bad about the mercury.
These days most of my seafood comes in the form of street cart prawn.
Ghoul
Member
Not too late to stop the carnage bro...
https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2016/10/11/why-this-millionaire-investor-eats-five-cans-of-sardines-every-day.html
Grey Spartan
Member
Just salt and pepper.
I typically do 2 to 4 cans of sardines per day. I just need to stop my tuna addiction. Love the Yellowfin in EVOO so.
Thanks for the article.
Deadpool99
Member
Hey guys,
I am also a tuna addict. On and off I eat a shit ton of tuna. But I’m eating a 2 cans of Chunk light (skipjack) tuna which has less than half the mercury of yellowfin/albacore. Do you think I should safe in terms of mercury poisoning?
I feel like the EPA limit is way too strict, like 2 cans of the chunk light tuna is like 3x the limit.
Doesn’t the EPA’s Reference Dose (0.1 µg/kg/day) deliberately set with a like a 5-10x safety factor built in to protect children, and the sensitive populations.
I am also a tuna addict. On and off I eat a shit ton of tuna. But I’m eating a 2 cans of Chunk light (skipjack) tuna which has less than half the mercury of yellowfin/albacore. Do you think I should safe in terms of mercury poisoning?
I feel like the EPA limit is way too strict, like 2 cans of the chunk light tuna is like 3x the limit.
Doesn’t the EPA’s Reference Dose (0.1 µg/kg/day) deliberately set with a like a 5-10x safety factor built in to protect children, and the sensitive populations.
BigDadd7
Member
Why do you feel the epa doesn’t know what they're talking about?
Deadpool99
Member
Well I have two way of thinking about it:
1:
Based on my research (30mins - 1hr)
The EPA’s tuna limit is set extra low on purpose, mainly to protect unborn babies and kids. They built in about a 10× safety cushion. For a full-grown adult, going a bit over — like eating 2 cans of light tuna a day — is very unlikely to cause harm, since real problems show up only at much higher levels.
2:
In Japan, people eat way more fish than Americans, well… often every day, sometimes multiple meals a day. That means their average mercury intake is well above the EPA’s strict U.S. limit, yet they don’t see mass cases of mercury poisoning in healthy adults.
Studies there show blood mercury levels higher than what the EPA calls “safe,” but without clear health problems.
Deadpool99
Member
I guess I can researched and answered my own question :/
Banana Joe
Member
Are you confident enough in your ability to discern between valid and invalid information, to willingly risk mercury poisoning?
If yes, go ahead and keep eating those two cans every single day.
But if you are in doubt, I would think what other high quality protein sources I have at my disposal.
Deadpool99
Member
Honestly, that’s a solid way to put it. You framed it like a real clinical question, confidence versus risk. Makes me stop and think.
Yes, I’m confident enough to say 2 cans of chunk light/skipjack tuna per day isn’t going to poison a healthy 90–100 kg adult.
The EPA’s Reference Dose (0.1 µg/kg/day) is based on fetal neurodevelopment studies and includes a 10× safety factor to protect sensitive populations, not adults: Rice 2004, Environmental Research.
In Japan, average methylmercury intake is ~0.14 µg/kg/day, higher than the EPA limit, yet population health data don’t show widespread adult toxicity: Yamamoto 2009, Risk Analysis.
Case reports of actual mercury poisoning usually involve far higher intakes (multiple albacore cans or tuna steaks daily, with blood mercury 30–100+ µg/L): Oken et al. 2010, Journal of Pediatrics.
sionnach
Banned
Variety is key. Deens in evoo are probably my fav though. Fuck chicken, so burned out on it.
They're the government. And the worst kind - catlady bureaucrats.
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