How Much Tuna Can I Eat In A Week?

Everything I have read says no more then 12oz. per week. But is this really the case? I love tuna and it is so filling and so low calorie and contains SOOO much protein. Anyone agree or disagree with the FDA?

idk. I heard that too. I also heard it's not good for women of child bearing age to consume more than 5 servings of fish per week. I eat fish daily. And much more than "1" serving. I swear I was a shark in my past life. lol!

And many cultural diet consist of mainly fish... how do they survive?

I used to eat around 2 cans a day (because I'm lazy to cook and tuna is such an easy, high protein, filling food)...then after watching an episode of the Doctors show (where they said you're supposed to limit to 3 cans a week), I've reduced it to 5-7 cans per week. I figure I'd drop to 3 cans a week once I'm done losing the fat...hehe...I guess too much of anything can't be good for you.

The restrictions suggestion in Tuna has nothing to do with calories, omega oils or nutrition.. Its Mercury.  Our oceans and Seas have been way contaminated and these poor fish have become loaded with it.  I agree Tuna is a wonderful meal, low cal and delicious but the mercury levels need to be paid attention too ESPECIALLY when pregnant or nursing

Karen

nanny has it right!

i'm actually a grad student in toxicology and it in my undergrand we studied the mechanims of di-methylmercury in tuna.  to put it in lamens terms - tuna is a big fish....smaller fish eat micro-organism that convert methyl to dimethylmercury.......tuna eats these small fish..so you can see that it really bioaccumulates in the tuna.  Mercury is EXTREMELY harmful for your body...those regualations are there for a reason!!! when you have excess stores it can kill you/cause dementia....go online you'll find a million things it can do to you.

there are a lot of fish you can eat that don't contain mercury...go online and check it out.  smaller fish generally don't have as much b/c they aren't as high in the food chain.

I am also a tuna lover ... but switched to light tuna from white tuna.  White tuna has 3X more mercury than light -- so you can eat more light.

To avoid mercury posioning you should only eat one can of tuna  a week.

If you like fish and want to eat more canned stuff, try salmon, it is much lower in mercury and pink salmon is really good for your muscles, plus its loaded with alot more Omega-3

lol any suggestions if you DONT like fish? I really dislike fish but I do eat a lot of tuna....does salmon in the can taste about the same?

Tastes like salmon not in a can lol does that answer your question?

Add some italian seasoning and some olive oil...its heaven.

Yes I understood that the reason the FDA was limiting the intake for people was due to the Mercury. LOL I didn't think they were limiting it based on how nutritious it was for you. 

Anyway thanks for he replies.

I usually eat an 8oz. can every other day. I guess that is too often, that sucks!

Original Post by kaila_a:

nanny has it right!

i'm actually a grad student in toxicology and it in my undergrand we studied the mechanims of di-methylmercury in tuna.  to put it in lamens terms - tuna is a big fish....smaller fish eat micro-organism that convert methyl to dimethylmercury.......tuna eats these small fish..so you can see that it really bioaccumulates in the tuna.  Mercury is EXTREMELY harmful for your body...those regualations are there for a reason!!! when you have excess stores it can kill you/cause dementia....go online you'll find a million things it can do to you.

there are a lot of fish you can eat that don't contain mercury...go online and check it out.  smaller fish generally don't have as much b/c they aren't as high in the food chain.

A grad student that doesn't cite sources? 

I eat a ton of tuna... twice the "limit" and I don't think there is anything wrong with me yet.

what were we talking about?

A grad student that doesn't cite sources? 

 

I eat a ton of tuna... twice the "limit" and I don't think there is anything wrong with me yet.

this is a discussion, not an assignment lol we dont need to include a "bibliography or souces sited page"  do we?   no.. I think not... lol

I understand you eat twice the limit and nothing is wrong with you yet.. but I would hate to have anyone say.. "ya I guess I was wrong" mercury is nothing to fool with take care of yourself :)

I eat 28 oz. a week. It might be a slight problem if I continued it for the rest of my life... but for a year or so while losing weight? Nah.

seriously? sources? on calorie count...uh go to google

saying that you eat it and nothing has happened to you is a stupid excuse...just b.c. you smoke doesn't mean you are going to get lung cancer....hey nothing bad could happen to you...but you are a lot more likely to get cancer.  it's the same with mercury poisoning....if you want to be stupid and eat an excess than go ahead.  the guidelines are there for a reason.