low mercury tuna?

[herbalwriter]

Ds loves tuna but I worry about the mercury - is there such a thing as low-mercury tuna?? I love the convenience of it for a protein source and good fats. :shrug

[hbmamma]

Unfortunately I don't think there is...the tuna eat other fish (which contain mercury), which contributes to their higher than normal mercury content. It's best to follow the guidelines in eating tuna, especially for pregnant mamas and children. Have you thought about other fish? Salmon is pretty low in mercury and high in Omega 3...

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3013797

This site offers a list of fish and their respective levels of mercury and Omega 3 fatty oils...
HTH

[Soliloquy]

I love tuna sandwiches but have given them up, also. Now, I make sandwiches with canned, wild-caught, Alaskan salmon which is one of the healthiest fish and also the lowest in mercury, PCBs, and other contaminents. It's not quite the same as the tuna sandwiches of childhood :violin but it's pretty good.

Here's a good website to check:
www.mercuryaction.org/fish
and
www.seafoodwatch.org

[DebraBaker]

I'm not pregnant or nursing and will indulge in tuna, just not a lot or often.

[herbalwriter]

Sucks! My post got lost.

Anyway, thanks for the links...I know about the benefits of other fish and we eat tilapia a lot, but it doesn't have the convenience of canned tuna. :shifty Maybe I will try canned salmon with our veggie brown rice dish (from GCM!) tonight.

[Mama Calidad]

I've seen tuna various places advertizing itself as low mercury...from $4.95/can on up. :hunh

Here's some:
http://carvalhofisheries.com/ecommerce/catalog/product_info.php/products_id/32?osCsid=78263d89ab267ff00ef71255aec95125
http://www.catchofthesea.com/buy.html

[herbalwriter]

Woa!!! Thanks Laura...that's expensive, but at least it's out there and maybe if people start demanding it, the supply will go up and the cost will go down. Economics 101, ha ha! :mrgreen