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Oct 7 2009 - 9:00am Many people are worried about high
mercury counts in fish, so they're swearing off seafood. The thing is, many types of fish are low in saturated fat, are an excellent source of lean protein, and are high in essential heart-healthy
omega-3 fatty acids. I'm not saying that mercury is something to overlook, since this toxin can cause
brain damage, and possibly cancer, but it doesn't mean you need to give up fish entirely.
Serfontaine
Vanessa Bruno
Stella McCartney
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I like this idea. I love seafood, but sometimes I just don't think about it when I'm grocery shopping. I'll need to try this twice/week thing to get me in the habit of eating it regularly.
Gosh, it was so much cheaper to love seafood in south Louisiana...
1The only kind of seafood I like is canned tuna. I probably have tuna salad like twice a week... Oh well.
2So is having two kinds in order to limit mercury or another reason?
3I don't like many types of fish, so I eat tuna and salmon alternately so I get enough omega-3s.
4I love my seafood. Shame shark is high in mercury, it's delicious marinated in orange.
But a tuna and salad sammich is something I have at least twice a week.
5People worried about mercury ingestion from fish can estimate exposure by
6entering their weight, fish choice and serving size into the new
mercury calculator at www.gotmercury.org. You can also download a mobile mercury
calculator for cell phone browsers at www.gotmercury.mobi. The calculator is based
on current U.S. EPA and FDA mercury guidelines, weak as they are. Learn more about
mercury-laden fish and how to protect yourself and your family at www.gotmercury.org
or www.diagnosismercury.org
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