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I love tuna, crab and shrimp, but lately I have heard several people saying that too muchseafood is not good for you because of the high levels of mercury. I found a website called HowMuchFish.com where you can pick your seafood and there is a calculator that tells you what your risk from mercury is - I smiled when I saw that mine would be over 5.4 lbs of tuna/week. I tried to paste it in here, hope it works.

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If your mom called fish ?brain food,? she was right. But how much do you know about the nutrients in your favorite seafood?  And is naturally occurring mercury really a concern? What about for pregnant women?  This website shows  how much fish  you can safely eat?and just how much nutritional goodness is packed in every bite.

How much do you weigh (in lbs.)? How much canned albacore tuna do you eat in a single serving? 1 oz. (hors d'oeurve) 3 oz. (appetizer) 6 oz. (lunch) 8 oz. (dinner)

Proven health benefits of a 3 oz. serving of canned albacore tuna: 

Hypothetical health risks:

Your hypothetical health risk from the mercury in canned albacore tuna begins at a weekly intake of: 87.5 ounces (5.4 pounds)

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The site you linked to about mercury in seafood is actually maintained by the fishing industry which has an interest in getting people to eat more fish by not informing them about the true dangers of mercury.

A better and more balanced resource is the free on-line mercury in seafood calculator at Sea Turtle Restoration Project?:?Got Mercury?. Based on government guidelines and information, it's a more accurate and objective calculator.

The government has issued a warning a to women and children to not eat swordfish, shark, tilefish and king mackarel and limit their consumption of tuna. New scientific studies show that tuna accounts for 37 percent of the mercury in the diets of Americans. The Got Mercury calculator can help people make more informed decisions when it comes to which fish is safer to eat.

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Holy crap! I just went to that website and calculated my exposure - at my weight if I eat 6 ounces of tuna per WEEK, I'm considered at high exposure! Crap! I was counting on flaked tuna to be a go-to source of soft food protein! I was already going to keep my consumption low though because eating too much tuna gives me horrible horrible acne breakouts.

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