will tuna make me dumb
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will tuna make me dumb
the truth to this question eludes me....
so please help
tuna is a staple in any body builders diet that is broke
i eat 3 or 4 cans a day ...chunk light ablacore is like steak-too expensive
so what is the story about mercury poisoning i am 24 and have eaten 3 cans almost regulary for 5 or 6 years
i still can do math and hold a conversation
but will all that end?
so please help
tuna is a staple in any body builders diet that is broke
i eat 3 or 4 cans a day ...chunk light ablacore is like steak-too expensive
so what is the story about mercury poisoning i am 24 and have eaten 3 cans almost regulary for 5 or 6 years
i still can do math and hold a conversation
but will all that end?

It interferes with growth and development of the brain. It is only a problem for kids. Or at least a certain unknown quantity is very likely to be a problem for kids. So to be safe no tuna for pregnant women, and keep it real low with kids. By late teens it shouldn't really matter though.
I eat the white tuna myself. At 32 grams of protein a can, it's the best.
I eat the white tuna myself. At 32 grams of protein a can, it's the best.
It might effect your ability to capatilize and punctuate:) Mercury poison can make adults crazy. The phrase "mad as a hatter" refers to makers of hats. They used mercury in the process and it eventually made them mad. I wouldn't worry about it. I commend you on the 3 cans of tuna a day. I used to love tuna, but now sometimes I gag just looking at a can.
The truth is, all we know is some tuna has been tested with high levels. So we don't really know, what the levels will be like from can to can. We don't really know what the effect is either. The only way to be safe for sure is not to eat it. In my opinion it has been blown out of preportion. Besides that, it's been latched onto by all those animal rights wackos. The same people that wouldn't kill a roach, but would gladly see every meat eating human dead tomorrow. If I go mad, don't eat any more tuna. :)
the fda also says that 90 mg of vitamin c is good enough
who knows?
i have been all over the web looking for answers
everyone i talk to says its bad--to what extent i have no idea.
about 5 years ago i read an article about a woman that had mercury poisoning and it was scary $h!t, but only one
i cant be the only one in this sport that eat tuna like most eat white bread, where are all the poisoned people?
who knows?
i have been all over the web looking for answers
everyone i talk to says its bad--to what extent i have no idea.
about 5 years ago i read an article about a woman that had mercury poisoning and it was scary $h!t, but only one
i cant be the only one in this sport that eat tuna like most eat white bread, where are all the poisoned people?
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Mercury is mainly found in the LARGER Cold water Ocean fish, stick to Salmon and fresh water fish if your concerned about Mercury poisoning. Also, you will notice headaches and such if the amount of Mercury is high in your body. I eat about 1-2 cans of Albacore a week and the rest is either chicken, turkey, salmon or lean red meats.
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Tuna and nutrients
The FDA developed it's nutritional guidelines to prevent nutrition related diseases such as scurvy back in the 1800's and has NEVER updated most of them. They are also very much financially backed by the AMA and by Drug Companies whose main focus is on corrective rather than preventative medicine. Therefore, I don't really trust much of what the FDA has to say about what I sould and shouldn't eat. I highly reccommend that anyone who is interested in finding out the truth about nutrients (vitamins and minerals) read a book called "What Your Doctor Doesn't Know About Nutritional Medicine May Be Killing You" by Dr. Ray Strand. He outlines how optimizing levels of key nutrients can help to prevent and in some cases correct many dibilitating diseases such as diabetes and cancer.