TUNA!

[Alex]

man i love tuna... its the perfect post-workout food... like 30gs of protein in a tiny can... yum!

someone once told me its bad to eat it every day or even regularly cause of the levels of mercury in it or something... can anyone clarify?

 

[aircooled]

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[PricklyPete]

Yeah...I've been told this a few times myself. I honestly have not done any research though. The mercury is supposed to come from all the pollution in the ocean where a lot of these fish are caught.

 

[Stumps]

not sure about foreign tuna, but Aussie northern and southern bluefin tuna used for commecial purposes is generally farmed so i doubt that the mercury content would be come a health hazard.

 

[SP33Demon]

Yeah, and grilled steak causes cancer. LoL, you should be out living life and not worrying if eating tuna or steak will knock a couple years off your lifespan, when it's your time to go you'll know.

 

[Stumps]

mmmm grilled tuna steak....damn this thread is makin me hungry

 

[StageLeft]

About every six months this same thread starts.

 

[WelshBloke]

Well I know pregnant women in the UK are advised not to eat more than two (?) cans a week due to the murcury levels, and our government (UK) is not always the most stringant regarding public health!

 

[Trevelyan]

Originally posted by: WelshBloke
Well I know pregnant women in the UK are advised not to eat more than two (?) cans a week due to the murcury levels, and our government (UK) is not always the most stringant regarding public health!

No more than two cans a week? Don't think I'm dangerously above that level...

 

[dug777]

hit the tuna-big muscles + omega 3 (or something) whats to loose...?

 

[WelshBloke]

Originally posted by: Trevelyan

Originally posted by: WelshBloke
Well I know pregnant women in the UK are advised not to eat more than two (?) cans a week due to the murcury levels, and our government (UK) is not always the most stringant regarding public health!

No more than two cans a week? Don't think I'm dangerously above that level...

Presumably your not pregnant either?

 

[FoBoT]

eat more bass

 

[Jfrag Teh Foul]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
About every six months this same thread starts.

Yeah, it is pretty cyclical.

OMG, *insert food here* is gonna kill me!

Meh... gimme a tuna fish sammich with a nice mercury Au Jus. Toasted bread please.

 

[rgwalt]

Are you a woman? Are you a child? If the answers to these questions is "no", then don't worry about the mercury level in tuna. If you are concerned, try switching to "chunk light" instead of white/albacore.

R

 

[Ranger X]

Originally posted by: rgwalt
Are you a woman? Are you a child? If the answers to these questions is "no", then don't worry about the mercury level in tuna. If you are concerned, try switching to "chunk light" instead of white/albacore.

R

Chunk Light is cheaper too.

Anyone else eat tuna straight out of the can like I do?

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Ranger X

Originally posted by: rgwalt
Are you a woman? Are you a child? If the answers to these questions is "no", then don't worry about the mercury level in tuna. If you are concerned, try switching to "chunk light" instead of white/albacore.

R

Chunk Light is cheaper too.

Anyone else eat tuna straight out of the can like I do?

absolutely-tasty stuff+ the biatch doesnt have to heat it up for you

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: rgwalt
Are you a woman? Are you a child? If the answers to these questions is "no", then don't worry about the mercury level in tuna. If you are concerned, try switching to "chunk light" instead of white/albacore.

R

Yech. At that point you might as well just switch to cat food.

 

[Jfrag Teh Foul]

Originally posted by: Ranger X

Originally posted by: rgwalt
Are you a woman? Are you a child? If the answers to these questions is "no", then don't worry about the mercury level in tuna. If you are concerned, try switching to "chunk light" instead of white/albacore.

R

Chunk Light is cheaper too.

Anyone else eat tuna straight out of the can like I do?

I do. Sometimes when I am feeling sassy I will even put it on crackers.

 

[MisfitsFiend]

Yeah, and grilled steak causes cancer. LoL, you should be out living life and not worrying if eating tuna or steak will knock a couple years off your lifespan, when it's your time to go you'll know.

This advisory is ESPECIALLY important for pregnant women!

Minamata

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: aircooled
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Methylmercury?the organic form mercury assumes in fish?is a potent neurotoxin

Wow. I thought organic compounds of mercury were safe for consumption, and that just the elemental form was toxic. I will have to look into this.

 

[SagaLore]

Originally posted by: Stumps
not sure about foreign tuna, but Aussie northern and southern bluefin tuna used for commecial purposes is generally farmed so i doubt that the mercury content would be come a health hazard.

Instead they're probably packed with PCBs.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: FoBoT
eat more ass

Fixed.

 

[Alex]

Originally posted by: Jfrag Teh Foul

Originally posted by: Skoorb
About every six months this same thread starts.

Yeah, it is pretty cyclical.

OMG, *insert food here* is gonna kill me!

Meh... gimme a tuna fish sammich with a nice mercury Au Jus. Toasted bread please.

whoa who said its gonna kill anyone?
i eat a ton of tuna and i dont care i was just wondering about the veracity of my buddys claims...

 

[Jzero]

Folks, folks, folks.
It takes a lot of mercury to kill you. You will probably just go insane....which probably isn't all that bad when you're 80 anyway

 

[SkunkApe]

Most of these warnings are from the same government that approves things like paxil and recommends dosing our children with psychiatric medicine and wants to put prozac in people's water....

I call SHENS. Eat all the tuna you want and reap the wonderful benefits..