Eating canned tuna everyday/mercury poisoning....

[Huskyguy68]

Not sure which forum to post this in, but move it if you must

my family buys Cloverleaf canned tuna on sale at Walmart. Like, 40-60 cans when on sale.

I have a brother that ignores his health and binge eats like a fool for pleasure. For instance, 8-9 cans of Coke per DAY/Night....daily take out fast food (Mcds/Subway/Mr.Sub/Wendys, etc)....his diabetes probably thru the roof, eats a bowl of ice cream pretty much every day, chocolate bars /pop corn/ you name it.. He is not a kid, he will be 65 in August.
Back to the tuna .
Over one year now, he started eating canned tuna sandwiches about 2-3 times a week. Then went to eating it everyday . Sometimes later at night. So sometimes twice per day.
85 grams Skipjack light tuna in olive oil.
I keep reading it is bad to eat can tuna more then twice per week. That all seafood, including tuna, has traces of mercury. Then I read some cans tested had wild fluctuations in testing of mercury from can to can....some excessive, some just a little. And over time, the mercury builds up in our bodies, we get issues with mercury poisoning.
Maybe the worst is neurological symptoms , such as dementia, hands shaking, speech slurring.
Which I have noticed in my brother.
But that can also be due to high blood glucose / diabetes.


-- Have you ever consumed too much canned tuna and had health issues?
if so, was it reversible? https://www.consumerreports.org/hea...ou-be-about-mercury-in-your-tuna-a5041903086/

 

[demarpaint]

A blood test will tell if he has dangerous levels of Mercury in his blood. He'd have to let his MD know to test for it. I was concerned with Lead and Mercury in my blood from years of painting. Testing showed I had no problems with it. I'd tell him to get tested since you're concerned.

 

[kschachn]

A blood test will tell if he has dangerous levels of Mercury in his blood. He'd have to let his MD know to test for it. I was concerned with Lead and Mercury in my blood from years of painting. Testing showed I had no problems with it. I'd tell him to get tested since you're concerned.

This here.

Stop worrying over a phantom fear at this point fueled by speculation.

 

[Thebigm]

Not sure which forum to post this in, but move it if you must

my family buys Cloverleaf canned tuna on sale at Walmart. Like, 40-60 cans when on sale.

I have a brother that ignores his health and binge eats like a fool for pleasure. For instance, 8-9 cans of Coke per DAY/Night....daily take out fast food (Mcds/Subway/Mr.Sub/Wendys, etc)....his diabetes probably thru the roof, eats a bowl of ice cream pretty much every day, chocolate bars /pop corn/ you name it.. He is not a kid, he will be 65 in August.
Back to the tuna .
Over one year now, he started eating canned tuna sandwiches about 2-3 times a week. Then went to eating it everyday . Sometimes later at night. So sometimes twice per day.
85 grams Skipjack light tuna in olive oil.
I keep reading it is bad to eat can tuna more then twice per week. That all seafood, including tuna, has traces of mercury. Then I read some cans tested had wild fluctuations in testing of mercury from can to can....some excessive, some just a little. And over time, the mercury builds up in our bodies, we get issues with mercury poisoning.
Maybe the worst is neurological symptoms , such as dementia, hands shaking, speech slurring.
Which I have noticed in my brother.
But that can also be due to high blood glucose / diabetes.


-- Have you ever consumed too much canned tuna and had health issues?
if so, was it reversible? https://www.consumerreports.org/hea...ou-be-about-mercury-in-your-tuna-a5041903086/

Albacore has more Mercury than other types of tuna

 

[CleanSump]

Been reading the mercury in Tuna thing since High School in the 1970s. The interesting thing is that I've never heard nor read of anyone actually having mercury poisoning.

 

[Paco Pena]

Canned sardines in olive oil are your healthiest bet. Small cold water fish have the lowest mercury load. Mackerel is also good.
I don't care for sardines personally and prefer canned kipper snacks. Really just herring.

Paco

 

[y_p_w]

Canned sardines in olive oil are your healthiest bet. Small cold water fish have the lowest mercury load. Mackerel is also good.
I don't care for sardines personally and prefer canned kipper snacks. Really just herring.

Paco

Tuna are at the top of the food chain and serve as bioaccumulators for mercury and other heavy metals. Smaller tuna generally have less mercury.

I have heard of mercury poisoning through seafood. Apparent a guy in Taiwan who got a big lottery jackpot and could afford shark fin every day. The fins were really high in mercury.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Canned sardines in olive oil are your healthiest bet. Small cold water fish have the lowest mercury load. Mackerel is also good.

As long as it's the Atlantic Mackerel. Others such as King Mackerel can be high in mercury.

As for canned tuna, I've switched to canned salmon. Some people don't like the taste. For me, I can't really tell much difference. When I make salad from a 6 oz. can, it'll last me for 4 lunches.

 

[Quattro Pete]

Not sure which forum to post this in, but move it if you must

my family buys Cloverleaf canned tuna on sale at Walmart. Like, 40-60 cans when on sale.

I have a brother that ignores his health and binge eats like a fool for pleasure. For instance, 8-9 cans of Coke per DAY/Night....daily take out fast food (Mcds/Subway/Mr.Sub/Wendys, etc)....his diabetes probably thru the roof, eats a bowl of ice cream pretty much every day, chocolate bars /pop corn/ you name it.. He is not a kid, he will be 65 in August.
Back to the tuna .
Over one year now, he started eating canned tuna sandwiches about 2-3 times a week. Then went to eating it everyday . Sometimes later at night. So sometimes twice per day.
85 grams Skipjack light tuna in olive oil.
I keep reading it is bad to eat can tuna more then twice per week. That all seafood, including tuna, has traces of mercury. Then I read some cans tested had wild fluctuations in testing of mercury from can to can....some excessive, some just a little. And over time, the mercury builds up in our bodies, we get issues with mercury poisoning.
Maybe the worst is neurological symptoms , such as dementia, hands shaking, speech slurring.
Which I have noticed in my brother.
But that can also be due to high blood glucose / diabetes.


-- Have you ever consumed too much canned tuna and had health issues?
if so, was it reversible? https://www.consumerreports.org/hea...ou-be-about-mercury-in-your-tuna-a5041903086/

Based on what you wrote above, mercury may be the least of his problems.

 

[Zee09]

Wild caught mercury is good for you

 

[kschachn]

Based on what you wrote above, mercury may be the least of his problems.

That’s what I was thinking as well. Nevertheless it’s an easy blood test to find out.

 

[johnmyster]

Canned alaskan salmon has the advantage of being cheap and also really high in Omega-3 without the mercury risk...if you can get over the bones (I remove the large ones) and skin. I eat a can a week (larger than tuna cans) and then one or two cans of albacore tuna (skip the oil, and add your own EVOO on salad.)

It doesn't really sound like your brother is on a track to be concerned about his health. I wouldn't worry about it. All the carbs from those sandwiches (and his other bad habits) are going to get him to the diabetes and heart disease finish line far faster than any concerns from mercury.

 

[Pablo]

Coke gonna kill him first

Bread gonna kill him second

Ice Cream gonna kill him third

Pay half for his Hg testing, frankly I'm fascinated as to the result, paste it here.

Maybe not the lowest cost, one option: https://www.ultalabtests.com/partners/ultdirect/test/mercury-blood-test

 

[4wd]

Call 800-CAN-TUNA …
ask for Captain S. Hook …
(He asks 45% of settlements)
Just kidding …

 

[Wylie6G72]

Definitely ask him to get tested for mercury, but his triglycerides and LDL are going to bring him down before Mercury will.

 

[trd1zz]

8 cans of coke per day? I'm surprised he has any teeth to even chew the tuna sandwich.

Anyways, tuna sandwiches are way better than fast food. Tell him to keep it up.

 

[#18FAN]

If I ain't dead yet no one will die from it.

 

[BMWTurboDzl]

Canned sardines in olive oil are your healthiest bet. Small cold water fish have the lowest mercury load. Mackerel is also good.
I don't care for sardines personally and prefer canned kipper snacks. Really just herring.

Paco

Cadmium and inorganic arsenic can be an issue with certain sardines. Like those from the Baltics.

 

[RobbS]

The Dr Office common blood test will tell whole story

 

[Chris142]

Won't catch me eating Tuna. The smell makes me gag. I guess I'm safe from this problem.