How many times a week is it safe to eat fish?!


Question:

How many times a week is it safe to eat fish?

I heard that you can get mercury poisoning.


Answers:
Depends on the fish and where it is from. Generally large fish from the ocean have a large amount of mercury in them since they accumulate it from eating little fish. Smaller ocean fish, or most freshwater fish will generally not be a problem, and large fish are only a threat in very large quantities.

Only from deep water, wild caught fish. Not fresh water or farmed fish. But limit those wild, oily, deep water fish and have plenty of fresh or farm raised.

Unless you are pregnant, I really wouldnt be concerned about the mercury levels in fish. When you are pregnant, I have heard to limit certain fish to about 3 per week.

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Never. I'm a vegetarian-so much healthier. You might die- you don't know what it last ate.

you can eat fish as much as you like its very healthy,,you should not believe all you hear scare mongers will try to put you off i eat fish at least 5 times each week im healthy and i am 55 years old but only look 35 so i am told ,,go for it and good luck,,,,,,,,,

You can get mercury poisoning also from the tooth fillings. Some fishes has more mercury than others. I would say two times a week would be OK.

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that poisoning dung..??.
You have to eat a ton before they can measure any thing..
Freakies,, just invented it by the V&V weird ies and Dr's trying to explain ADHD. I don't think they made up their minds
Mercury or lead ???
Did you see the nonsence ,, A.Gore is barfing,, to the followers.
INSANE
do you know how much $$$$ he made to spout off.
$50,000,,, I can live three years on that money one speach ,,
nothing can be proven
it is all speculation!!!!
Every government study is blemished because YOU and I have no idea who put the numbers down.
AND we can'not prove otherwise

It entirely depends on what type of fish or shellfish you are eating. Some have very high levels of mercury and some have none.

Seafood with low mercury:
Catfish, clams, crab, flounder, salmon, scallops, shrimp, tilapia, trout, whitefish

Seafood with moderate mercury:
Bass, cod, halibut, lobster, mahi mahi, monkfish, perch, snapper, tuna (canned chunk light and skipjack)

Seafood with high mercury:
Grouper, Chilean sea bass, tuna (albacore and yellowfin)

Seafood with highest mercury:
King mackerel, marlin, orange roughy, shark, swordfish, tilefish, tuna (bigeye and ahi)




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