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Can we eat too much fish?

Can we eat too much fish?

With the rise of fish consumption, now the worry is: can we eat too much fish?

Fish contains omega 3 fatty acids that are beneficial in many health aspects.

Overall, fish appears to be a great alternative to meat and poultry consumption. Fish often provides more protein, less saturated fats and fewer calories.

In a recent study from Harvard School of Public Health: eating 1 to 2 servings of fish a week reduced the risk of death from heart disease by 36 percent, and overall death by 17 percent.

One of the risks of eating too much fish would be ingesting contaminants like mercury, lead, antibiotics, PCB's, food dyes, etc. Some fish have higher amounts of these contaminants than others. Large fish tend to accumulate more mercury and other contaminants. Examples would be shark, tilefish, swordfish, king mackerel, albacore white tuna, and blue finned tuna.

Fish are tainted by mercury released from power plants, municipal waste facilities and medical incinerators, which are the primary source of methylmercury in fish.

The amount of contaminants in the fish is generally low but over time can accumulate to cause problems for some. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should limit their
consumption to 12 ounces per week, and they should definitely avoid the really large fish.

Most people will benefit by including three or four servings a week of a variety of fish in their diet. You should replace albacore white tuna with canned chunk light, because the solid white albacore tuna is a much bigger fish than they use to get the chunk light.

9/24/2008, 2:36 pm

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