Tinned fish and mercury levels
After numerous requests and concerns the results are in, my blood test shows no risk of high mercury levels.
The bigger older fish are the ones that tend to have higher levels of mercury, Tuna being one of the highest, so I typically just limit how often I eat it. Bioaccumulation from the small fish eaten by a bigger fish and then that fish eaten by an even bigger fish and so on, mercury levels in the fish based on where it is on the food chain and how long the life span is( more time to accumulate more mercury)
Important to note, a lot of what I eat on a regular basis is on the low end of containing mercury. Sardines, shellfish, salmon, etc.
Happy eating my friends!
DISCLAIMER:
This has been my experience and could differ from someone else's eating habits and test results. I am not an expert, for questions, refer to the FDA's website regarding mercury levels and consult your doctor for medical questions.
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byu/Tinned_Fish_Tyler inCannedSardines
by Tinned_Fish_Tyler
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Thank you Tylor! But where the hell is my fish review! I want a can opened! And it cannot go fast enough! Now that we know you are healthy! /j
I put a copy of that infographic on Imgur, in case anyone else wants a better look
[Link](https://imgur.com/a/E1u5l39)
Edit – man Imgur kinda sucks now. Used to be a great image host now it’s all pop ups and shit
Thanks for continuing to be the pioneer for this sub Tyler. I like the informative updates every once in a while and let’s be honest, if you have normal mercury levels…I think most here are safe haha.
I hate being that guy, but checking blood levels isn’t really telling, since the heavy metals often stick to the fat in the body. Using an excretion test after taking a chelating agent to provoke excretion would be more accurate. No reason for fearmongering, since there are simple ways of pulling the toxins out.
I’ve got a few friends that have asked me about it since they’ve never had sardines, or really any fish in their lives, and they didn’t understand it was the large fish that does it.
I think it all really started when Jeremy Piven had to leave a Broadway show because of mercury poisoning.
Joe Rogan said he had dangerously high arsenic levels when he was pounding sardines, that normalized when he stopped eating them. Though, I believe he was eating 3 cans per day.
This dude is a bad influence. He keeps giving me reasons to to eat fish from a can.
Can you review silkworm pupa if you have not yet? Not tinned fish but I am curious as hell.
Oof, didn’t know black cod and Spanish mackerel were that high, though the latter depends on source.
I kinda understood this already, but it’s reassuring to see your results! Carry on, dude. 😄
Damn interesting bro ! I thought salmon was in the avoid category tbh ! Glad to see sardines in the S/low tier I’ll eat one can tonight to celebrate
They once cut me off from eating oysters at an oyster bar because of “mercury risk” but based on the infographic it sounds like it was bullshit. They may have just been trying to get me to leave because I was also shithouse drunk