Vanessa’s last blog post..Pinto Bean Fattoush Salad

I would add a cautionary mention about tuna. People should really limit their consumption of tuna due to high likelihood of mercury contamination. And pregnant women and children shouldn’t eat it at all. The smaller, shorter lived species of tuna like skipjack and yellowtail are less likely to have high levels of mercury and are usually more sustainable, but sometimes species information isn’t available to consumers. Even canned tuna has a lot of mercury, especially albacore. The reason the FDA didn’t add tuna to the list of fish to avoid was due to lobbying by the canned tuna industry. Also, even the smaller tunas have problems with bycatch because of the way they are caught.

I had to jump in for two reasons: I had a friend who got very sick from mercury poisoning just eating canned tuna and occasional sushi. She had no idea that could happen, so I thought it deserved a mention. And, I just finished reading Bottomfeeder (a sad and wonderful book that goes into great detail on the issues with all fish), so I’m a little obsessed with fish right now, so please don’t take this as criticism.

Tuna is one of my favorite foods, but I don’t really feel like I can eat it anymore.

Vanessa’s last blog post..Pinto Bean Fattoush Salad

Charles Martin, DDS
Founder, Dentistry for Diabetics