Tweetyour wil lburn out on it first .

TweetI usually do two cans a day. I have been fine with it for over a year now.

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Originally posted by Speedracer59
your wil lburn out on it first .

what does this mean?

TweetIt means you might get sick of eating it if you have too much of it.

TweetMore power to ya if you can put up with that much tuna for years, I know i can't. I can only stand 3-5 cans per week mixed in usually at lucnhtime. Watch the mercury, some guy where I work had fish every night for dinner for 4 years straight and he is dying now and looks really really really sick. Mercury poisoning is getting the best of him.

TweetTry it with BBQ sauce. It's actually pretty good. IMO. To answer your question, I know of no study that reads 4 cans of tuna ed is bad for you.

TweetI will try with bbq sauce, I have it with mustard dometimes. Pretty good

TweetMercury, among other things, is highly catabolic. It causes severe wasting in patients with toxic levels.

One simple way to limit the intake is to slightly back off the tuna, and use only the "light" variety as opposed to the albacore "white" tuna.

The light tuna is cheaper as well.


Alarming find on mercury levels in canned tuna Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer, Thursday, June 19, 2003

One-third of canned albacore tuna tested by a nonprofit watchdog group contained levels of toxic mercury exceeding a federally recommended maximum dose for women of child-bearing age. The study, released Wednesday by the Mercury Policy Project in Montpelier, Vt., tested 60 cans of tuna selected randomly from Safeway, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and other stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles County and Montpelier. The brands included Starkist, Bumblebee and Chicken of the Sea. Of the 48 cans of albacore tuna tested, 16 exceeded levels of 0.5 parts per million of mercury. At that concentration, a woman of child-bearing age would be receiving a dose twice the maximum recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the study said. The report also found that canned albacore, labeled as "white tuna," had an average level of mercury four times that of "light" tuna. Light tuna is made up of other types of smaller tuna, including skipjack, and is actually darker in color than albacore. Mercury is toxic to the human nervous system. In a pregnant woman, it crosses the placenta and can damage the fetus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 8 percent of U.S. women of child-bearing age have mercury exceeding the EPA's safe dose. One of the new study's reviewers, Dr. Alan H. Stern, a toxicologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences committee that reviewed the EPA's safe dose limit, said the Mercury Policy Project's calculations were accurate. Stern, an adjunct associate professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, said he had known from other scientists that albacore tuna typically tested higher. "I didn't know that it was four times higher," Stern said. At the U.S. Tuna Foundation, an industry group in San Diego, executive director Dave Burney said albacore tuna doesn't pose a health threat. "There's always been a difference between albacore and light meat because albacore's a bigger fish. But the mercury level in albacore canned tuna is lower than shark, swordfish and fresh frozen tuna." Americans eat 1.2 billion cans of tuna a year, about a quarter of it albacore, according to the industry. The major U.S. canned tuna companies, which Burney's group represents, believe that albacore will be vindicated when the World Health Organization releases its mercury recommendations this summer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn't warn against any tuna for sensitive populations. The FDA averages the mercury in white and light canned tuna when assessing whether it exceeds its safety guidelines. FDA warnings are in place for shark, swordfish, tilefish and king mackerel, or consuming more than 12 ounces per week of any fish. The new study criticizes the FDA for timidity in the face of its own lab results dating back a decade. "The FDA and the states need to do more to warn about the dangers of eating canned tuna, specifically white albacore tuna. We would recommend that women and children not eat albacore," said Jane Williams, a founder of the Mercury Policy Project and executive director of California Communities Against Toxics, a coalition of 85 grassroots health advocacy groups. FDA representatives didn't return telephone calls Wednesday. In the past, officials have said the public doesn't generally consume enough canned tuna to pose a health problem. Its 12-ounce weekly limit protects the public against mercury, they have said. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has sued several grocery chains, asking that they post warnings at fish counters for the FDA-listed fish as well as for fresh and frozen tuna. Based on recommendations from the state Department of Health Services, Lockyer wants the stores to include language saying that white tuna has more mercury than light tuna.

TweetI am with you on that jacket. Mercury poisoning is nothing to mess around with. I heard the light tuna is better and cheaper that is what I always buy anyway.

TweetThis was a valuble thread..Thanks
I eat a lot of canned tuna, and like a jackass assumed that some government entity was making sure my food was safe in any quantity.
Government=a bunch of Aholes supplementing their office salary with money from big business.

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Originally posted by YellowJacket
Mercury, among other things, is highly catabolic. It causes severe wasting in patients with toxic levels.

One simple way to limit the intake is to slightly back off the tuna, and use only the "light" variety as opposed to the albacore "white" tuna.

The light tuna is cheaper as well.


Alarming find on mercury levels in canned tuna Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer, Thursday, June 19, 2003

One-third of canned albacore tuna tested by a nonprofit watchdog group contained levels of toxic mercury exceeding a federally recommended maximum dose for women of child-bearing age. The study, released Wednesday by the Mercury Policy Project in Montpelier, Vt., tested 60 cans of tuna selected randomly from Safeway, Whole Foods, Trader Joe's and other stores in San Francisco, Los Angeles County and Montpelier. The brands included Starkist, Bumblebee and Chicken of the Sea. Of the 48 cans of albacore tuna tested, 16 exceeded levels of 0.5 parts per million of mercury. At that concentration, a woman of child-bearing age would be receiving a dose twice the maximum recommended by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the study said. The report also found that canned albacore, labeled as "white tuna," had an average level of mercury four times that of "light" tuna. Light tuna is made up of other types of smaller tuna, including skipjack, and is actually darker in color than albacore. Mercury is toxic to the human nervous system. In a pregnant woman, it crosses the placenta and can damage the fetus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 8 percent of U.S. women of child-bearing age have mercury exceeding the EPA's safe dose. One of the new study's reviewers, Dr. Alan H. Stern, a toxicologist and member of the National Academy of Sciences committee that reviewed the EPA's safe dose limit, said the Mercury Policy Project's calculations were accurate. Stern, an adjunct associate professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, said he had known from other scientists that albacore tuna typically tested higher. "I didn't know that it was four times higher," Stern said. At the U.S. Tuna Foundation, an industry group in San Diego, executive director Dave Burney said albacore tuna doesn't pose a health threat. "There's always been a difference between albacore and light meat because albacore's a bigger fish. But the mercury level in albacore canned tuna is lower than shark, swordfish and fresh frozen tuna." Americans eat 1.2 billion cans of tuna a year, about a quarter of it albacore, according to the industry. The major U.S. canned tuna companies, which Burney's group represents, believe that albacore will be vindicated when the World Health Organization releases its mercury recommendations this summer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration doesn't warn against any tuna for sensitive populations. The FDA averages the mercury in white and light canned tuna when assessing whether it exceeds its safety guidelines. FDA warnings are in place for shark, swordfish, tilefish and king mackerel, or consuming more than 12 ounces per week of any fish. The new study criticizes the FDA for timidity in the face of its own lab results dating back a decade. "The FDA and the states need to do more to warn about the dangers of eating canned tuna, specifically white albacore tuna. We would recommend that women and children not eat albacore," said Jane Williams, a founder of the Mercury Policy Project and executive director of California Communities Against Toxics, a coalition of 85 grassroots health advocacy groups. FDA representatives didn't return telephone calls Wednesday. In the past, officials have said the public doesn't generally consume enough canned tuna to pose a health problem. Its 12-ounce weekly limit protects the public against mercury, they have said. California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has sued several grocery chains, asking that they post warnings at fish counters for the FDA-listed fish as well as for fresh and frozen tuna. Based on recommendations from the state Department of Health Services, Lockyer wants the stores to include language saying that white tuna has more mercury than light tuna.

Nice read YJ. Thanks for the heads up. I took a look in my pantry and all I have is albacore I'll be switching to light in the near future.

BTW, have you come across any studies that pertain to healthy adult males? Just curious bro. 12oz a week ain't nothin'. I eat about 4oz a day!

Tweetdamn dude; 4 cans tuna ED is a lot!! bet you can swim very well...
how many other protein sources do you have? is your amino intake pattern complete? what kind of tuna do guys you have in the States and what does it cost? we only have 150grams cans and they cost approximately 60 cents...

Luca

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Originally posted by Luna
damn dude; 4 cans tuna ED is a lot!! bet you can swim very well...
how many other protein sources do you have? is your amino intake pattern complete? what kind of tuna do guys you have in the States and what does it cost? we only have 150grams cans and they cost approximately 60 cents...

Luca

We have 6oz cans which are 2ozs drained. I eat steak, lots of chicken, protein powder, etc.
I eat alot of tuna because it is easy to make. just mix up 4 cans wwith mayo and carry it with you, along witha loaf of wheatbread. every hour or so just put a spoonful on a piece of bread, fold, and eat. It doesnt even get you full.