Too Much Fish?

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

I currently eat a lot of fish and it would make up my lunch on most weekdays.

For example I usually have a tuna or mackerel salad for lunch.
On top of this I would have salmon for dinner maybe once a week.

I usually have fish, for lunch especially, because it's cheaper and handier than most other proteins to make a quick salad.

However, I have read before about the mercury content of fish being a worry as there are concentrations in all fish, albeit higher in fish higher up the food chain (tuna and salmon in my diet).

How unsafe is it to eat this amount of fish on a weekly basis?
Is there any peer reviewed evidence to suggest that it is actually dangerous for your health?

Stench Blossoms

Eh, no. I eat fish everyday of the week and often two times a day with no adverse reactions.

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

Eh, no. I eat fish everyday of the week and often two times a day with no adverse reactions.

You not worried about the mercury content?
I cannot say that I have noticed any adverse reactions but still and all you hear about the side effects of eating fish with a high mercury content.

Stench Blossoms

What's the rest of your diet like?

Do you drink alcohol? Smoke?

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

Stench Blossoms wrote: »

What's the rest of your diet like?

Do you drink alcohol? Smoke?

The rest of my diet would be fairly ok to be honest. I try and eat as well as I can but I do however drink.

Probably averages out at drinking once every week, sometimes once every two weeks depending on what's going on.

Oryx

http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/faq/mercuryfish/#.UbckbufVBc0

It seems to relate to oily fish, and the main risks are to pregnant women and children.

Stench Blossoms

Zayne Mysterious Tutti-frutti wrote: »

Probably averages out at drinking once every week, sometimes once every two weeks depending on what's going on.

I'd cut out the drinking before cutting out the fish.

Alcohol causes KNOWN damage to livers.

c0w3jz6eia8h9n

Oryx wrote: »

http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/faq/mercuryfish/#.UbckbufVBc0

It seems to relate to oily fish, and the main risks are to pregnant women and children.

Seems to have cleared that up then...it's one of those things that I was always aware of but wasn't entirely sure that if it was a genuine concern.

Good to know I can eat as much fish as I want (besides shark, marlin, and swordfish :pac:)

rubiesarered

I eat fish at least once a day (often twice a day) and have done so for the last year and a half. I've noticed no adverse side effects yet.

I always have one portion of oily fish (mackerel/salmon) but, if I eat it twice a day, I make sure that the other portion is tuna/sea bass/haddock, etc.

rubiesarered

On a side note - I recently watched a program about how they farm prawns and let's just say that I don't think I'll eat them again for a very long time :eek:

WoollyRedHat

THis is why I avoid these- how it's made - type programmes. I don't want to be put off delicous prawns thank you very much!

zenno

Fried tuna every day and i wouldn't stop eating it for the world, very tasty indeed.

PS: all food is contaminated so just enjoy what you like.

--Kaiser--

Zayne Mysterious Tutti-frutti wrote: »

You not worried about the mercury content?
I cannot say that I have noticed any adverse reactions but still and all you hear about the side effects of eating fish with a high mercury content.

An article I read recently:

as a fish contains more selenium than mercury (which the vast majority of both ocean fish do), and as long as background selenium intake is sufficient (which it is in most industrialized nations), then there is no reason to limit consumption of ocean fish

That said, I find that larger fish (shark or swordfish for example) seem to make my stomach upset, because they are apex predators they are accumulating more toxins than mercury

syklops

It seems fish is the new eggs in the "Whats bad for you fashion trend". Years ago, there was research done showing having eggs every day increases cholesterol and so, eggs are bad for you. Turns out eggs are great for you. IMO, you would have to eat a lot of fish, and by a lot, I mean your sole diet be fish, for it to have an affect. See what I did there?

Zayne Mysterious Tutti-frutti

Zayne Mysterious Tutti-frutti wrote: »

How unsafe is it to eat this amount of fish on a weekly basis?
Is there any peer reviewed evidence to suggest that it is actually dangerous for your health?

Are you codding me?

grames_bond

syklops wrote: »

It seems fish is the new eggs in the "Whats bad for you fashion trend". Years ago, there was research done showing having eggs every day increases cholesterol and so, eggs are bad for you. Turns out eggs are great for you. IMO, you would have to eat a lot of fish, and by a lot, I mean your sole diet be fish, for it to have an affect. See what I did there?

you didn't really want to say any of that did you? you just wanted to make a fish pun for the halibut! :pac:

Mr. CooL ICE

The inuit diet contains a lot of fish, and they seem grand

syklops

LordChessington wrote: »

The inuit diet contains a lot of fish, and they seem grand

The shark diet contains alot of fish too. They also seem fine.

--Kaiser--

grames_bond wrote: »

you didn't really want to say any of that did you? you just wanted to make a fish pun for the halibut! :pac:

I've haddock it up to here with the fish puns!

Mr. CooL ICE

You're mercury crazy having to trawl through these puns

--Kaiser--

LordChessington wrote: »

You're mercury crazy having to trawl through these puns

I see, a new angle

Feathers

syklops wrote: »

See what I did there?

These fish puns will never end now. You're going to roe the day you started it all off...

colman1212

Feathers wrote: »

These fish puns will never end now. You're going to roe the day you started it all off...

Fish puns have their plaice...

El_Dangeroso

MACKEREL!

Am I doing it right?