Do you eat tuna fish or...

[lenny2]

abstain due to the mercury risks?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuna#Mercury_levels

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2007/02/19/tuna-testing.html

http://www.canadianliving.com/health/nutrition/ask_an_expert_mercury_levels_in_tuna.php

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2010/04/20/tech-sushi-tuna-mercury.html

 

[train]

I eat it.

 

[dirkd101]

The one's that contain 50% dolphin meat have less mercury in them as well.

 

[Casey.xox]

I don't like any type of sea food including tinned tuna, but I would be more worried about radiation levels now. Already tuna with higher levels, and that's after can/us/mex raised their 'acceptable levels of radiation' in sea food last year.

 

[ogibowt]

ive eaten tuna all my life.....a more of a threat to my life would be driving on the Donvalley Parkway at 2 in the morning

 

[Buick Mackane]

Is tunafish an American term? It grates on me, I prefer hearing just "tuna".

They say the "dolphin friendly" brands aren't verifiable and can't be trusted.

 

[Ohyesuare]

Ya I eat it, all the food we eat these days seem to have something in there that can kill us so might as well eat what you like.

 

[Petzel]

I enjoy a good tuna salad.

 

[Aardvark154]

Simple question Lenny, just how much tuna do you plan on eating?

There is a huge difference between a tuna salad once a month, and eating tuna every day.

 

[The Oracle]

I gave up on tuna and switched to salmon and sardines for my fish intake. These lower food chain fish have much lower heavy metal scores.

I probably consume fish about 2-3 times per week.

 

[SinnamonFairbanks]

I used to love tuna but i stopped eating it for good and even threw what i had in my cupboards away when i watched a program that explained what the reccomended amount of tuna is a day... It wasn't even worth opening the can. Lol

 

[dirkd101]

I used to love tuna but i stopped eating it for good and even threw what i had in my cupboards away when i watched a program that explained what the reccomended amount of tuna is a day... It wasn't even worth opening the can. Lol

I'm lost here.

 

[train]

From Health Canada

Some people who are actively trying to increase the amount of protein in their diet find canned tuna to be a convenient and inexpensive source of protein. If you have been choosing canned albacore tuna as your main protein source, you might consider reducing the amount of canned albacore (white) tuna that you consume. An adult member of the "population in general" could eat up to 10 Food Guide servings per week (six 170-g cans) of canned albacore tuna (as long as they were not eating any of the predatory fish listed in the Health Canada advice). The best approach, however, is to choose a variety of different protein sources throughout the week. Consistent with Canada's Food Guide, Health Canada encourages Canadians to eat a variety of foods from different sources.

http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/securit/chem-chim/environ/mercur/merc_fish_qa-poisson_qr-eng.php#ct1

 

[coolcat]

I enjoy a good tuna wrap.

 

[Samurai Joey]

I personally love fish and seafood, but do not each much tuna myself (apart from the occasional sashimi or sushi).

One fact that I had read somewhere was that it is beneficial to drink tea (especially green tea) with fish, since the molecules in the tea bind with the mercury found in seafood to ensure that it is excreted out of the body and not absorbed into your tissues.

 

[LKD]

i was under the impression that most of Canada's fish are tested and a lot of them comes from fisheries and fish farms as opposed to the open waters

 

[train]

i was under the impression that most of Canada's fish are tested and a lot of them comes from fisheries and fish farms as opposed to the open waters

Not deep sea fish like tuna or swordfish.

 

[lenny2]

Simple question Lenny, just how much tuna do you plan on eating?

There is a huge difference between a tuna salad once a month, and eating tuna every day.

None.

Salmon seems like a sensible low mercury substitute for fish eaters.

Especially if tuna is also a risk for radiation poisoning.

 

[lenny2]

I don't like any type of sea food including tinned tuna, but I would be more worried about radiation levels now. Already tuna with higher levels, and that's after can/us/mex raised their 'acceptable levels of radiation' in sea food last year.

That is a cause for concern.

http://modernsurvivalblog.com/nuclear/buy-your-canned-tuna-now/

 

[Jade4u]

I'll eat tuna, pink salmon, red salmon, shrimp, calamari, seafood of almost any fashion. I do not eat tuna itself often but enjoy it occasionally. Once a month for tuna I doubt it will kill me. There is plenty enough other things in the environment etc... that will likely cause me greater harm.