Do you eat canned tuna even though it has mercury in it? What kind do you buy and eat?

[sage2021]

I thought I was buying a healthier canned tuna when I bought yellow fin packed in olive oil. Nope!

I researched on the internet and the safest tuna in chunky tuna packed in water

Albacore is the worst. It has 3 times as much mercy in it compared to the chunky tuna packed in water

[molonski2]

My diet is very particular, I'm in deficit every day right now , so I eat Tuna wrapped in lettuce with tomato , onion and carrot..

It has to be in Spring water , but I don't want Chunky , great protein source.

[AgentG111]

I eat what I want everything is going to kill me I want to enjoy life.

[Massageman]

I don't eat it. My wife does. Chunk in water. Brand? whatever is on sale.

[FreyaRed]

Rarely. Sometime for salads or pizza. I like tuna with pineapple on pizza. XD
Generally it's a problem of bigger sea predators like tuna, swordfish or salmon. At the top end of food chain they accumulate most heavy metals. (Lead, mercury, cadmium...)
Canned tuna is made of tuna species which are much smaller compared with blue or yellow fin tuna. Ironically heavy metal load is in smaller species much lower, than in those expensive sushi tuna sorts. I don't think eating 4-5 times per year canned tuna will be that unhealthy. Probably coating of cans that can contain Bisphenol-A or similar to xenoestrogene plastinator substances is more concerning than heavy metal load.

[stevenkelly]

Yeah, I’d still eat canned tuna occasionally. I’d probably go for chunk-light tuna rather than albacore because it generally has less mercury. I’d keep it moderate instead of eating it every day, though

[sage2021]

@stevenkelly

You're exactly right with everything you said about your opinion.
Thank you! 👍🏼

[TonyMetal___1986]

I surely love eating canned tuna meat, i only eat two of the finest brands here, one is called: "Maxim's" the second is "California Gardens", both are freshly packed in Thailand for these two brand names, the tuna is a white Tongol tuna meat in vegetable oil, salt added 😁

[TrueConfection]

Occasionally I will buy chunky light tuna in spring water, but only if it is “wild caught”. I won’t eat farmed fish.

[sage2021]

@TrueConfection

Hummm... I'm trying to envision what wild caught would look like when the fisherman is fishing.😅😅

Do you know what brand has the tuna that you described because it's the healthier one.
I'd like to buy some please.🙂

[TrueConfection]

I want to say Bumblebee brand?

[TrueConfection]

It will say right in the can “Wild Caught”

[sage2021]

Ok thank you 😊

[TrueConfection]

You’re welcome 💕

[Lliam]

We eat canned tuna from time to time, usually in tuna salad sandwiches.

My wife gets Wild Planet which says the small albacore they use has less mercury than large albacore. Another is Safe Catch which says every tuna they use is tested for mercury. They are packed in water. Both are from Costco.

[NathanDavis]

it's not a worry for me...

these things are about particles and math...

if it really were a problem, then they would not even sell it.. and/or if it really were a problem, they would hide it on the ones that say "this is safe"

[In_Trance]

I don't buy that nonsense for a second. It has no more or less tuna than any other thing you're going to consume. It's a scare tactic used by the media to deter you from eating one of the highest sources of protein available

[exitseven]

I have not had canned tuna in 30 years. Some people eat so much tuna that they can take their own temperature.

[NoDecision]

Depends if it is wild caught. Some tuna brands has to be fine. But how do you know? It's not like they will willingly divulge that info on the can. Maybe we should eat our goldfish and maybe put it on a cracker?

[AviatorTom]

I rarely eat tuna. When I do, I don't really pay attention to it. I eat it so rarely and the mercury levels in the tuna are so low that it's not harmful.

[DonaldDarko]

Canned chicken or pork. I don't really like Tuna. Typically it's cheaper just to buy a chicken and bake it.

[sage2021]

@DanaldDarko

I guess it goes back to my growing up years when everyone enjoyed tuna salad sandwiches. 🥪 I still crave them once in a while. But back in the day we didn't have to be afraid of the mercury in the tuna.

I like it mixed with lite mayonnaise and spread on saltine crackers.

It's not about the price. I don't want chicken when it's tuna that I am craving.🙂

[DonaldDarko]

I used to eat tuna salad sandwiches with a ton of tobasco sauce and a glass of milk. Take a bite dump Tabasco on, take another bite. They can still come out fishy tasting sometimes I guess if you get the wrong can of tuna or something.

[Sal_Monella]

Which means Albacore has no mercy at all.

[sage2021]

@Sal_Monella

Albacore has more mercury than regular tuna.

[Sal_Monella]

I was playing with the word you used. mercy

[sage2021]

Oh...😅😅😅

[douride2]

Honestly I don't remember the last time I ate any canned tuna.

[xawyx-3]

No, I'm a vegetarian.

[Paige2006]

No! I can't stand tuna!

[Cidknee]

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