tinned tuna

[mrsmurphey]

eat tinned tuna several times a week, but a friend tells me that this can be dangerous to my health. Can anyone throw any light o n this problem? Many thanks in advance

[snags]

Only if you're a Dolphin...

[secretagentman]

I know of many bodybuilders and fitness fanatics that eat tuna by the boatload me included. I believe the scare involves the ingestion of mercury via the tuna and other fish. Read here.

http://www.fda.gov/fo...mercury/ucm115662.htm

[coccinelle]

Pregnant women have been warned about eating tinned tuna so there must be something in it. So long as you eat it occasionally I don't see the problem.

[Sqad]

Problem is that of the pollutant, mercury, in the fish and there will be guidelines somewhere to be found on the Internet as to how much can be safely taken.

2-3 cans of tuna a week is perfectly safe.

Go easy in the case of young children and pregnant women.

[ethandron]

one guideline suggests one 6oz tin per week for those weighing less than 8 stones, 2 per week for the rest of us.

[Mosaic]

Could the danger lie in the amount of added salt in the tinned variety?