How much seafood would I have to eat to get mercury poisoning?
I eat a canned tuna sandwich twice or three times a week, sashimi about once a week, shrimp once a week, salmon once or twice a week (plus other types of seafood that I’m neglecting to remember)… and I’m only 15.
Do you think if I keep up this eating habit later in my life that I’ll be at risk for high mercury levels?
You could be at a higher than normal risk, but I wouldn’t fret about it. You are a growing young adult. Eventually, you will get tired of seafood. Your tastebuds will change, and you will have little or only a small desire for seafood. If your body demands seafood, feed it seafood. It apparently likes the omega 3 in it!!
I wouldn’t worry about it now but if you are still eating like that when you are 24 or 25 I’d probably get tested for Mercury poisioning by then.
By the way, you might want to consider cutting down on your seafood intake a little bit unless you don’t get any red meat.
If you never have red meat or chicken in a normal week then the fish is just making up for it.
You could be at a higher than normal risk, but I wouldn’t fret about it. You are a growing young adult. Eventually, you will get tired of seafood. Your tastebuds will change, and you will have little or only a small desire for seafood. If your body demands seafood, feed it seafood. It apparently likes the omega 3 in it!!
I wouldn’t worry about it now but if you are still eating like that when you are 24 or 25 I’d probably get tested for Mercury poisioning by then.
By the way, you might want to consider cutting down on your seafood intake a little bit unless you don’t get any red meat.
If you never have red meat or chicken in a normal week then the fish is just making up for it.
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I think your about 3 cans away from becoming a human themometer
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The good out weighs the bad when it comes to fish. But the fish with the most Mercury are; Shark and Swordfish.
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Well if your eating too much fish, I CERTAINLY AM! I will die before you! ha!
I eat fish every day @ both lunch and dinner, usually 8-10oz. each time, so far I am alright except I do have a cloudy head and feel dizzy sometimes but that is probably because I do not eat any CARBS….SO I think you will be ok by eating what you do, if anything you are doing the healthy thing. Although, I would try and switch to salmon sandwiches instead- make your salmon just the way you make your tuna.
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