So I'm an avid tuna lover but it just hit me that I frequently get these headaches after eating a can or two
and a quick google search turned this up
Tuna, a lean protein that's low in saturated fat, is a good source of selenium and one of the few foods that is naturally rich in vitamin D. Maybe even more importantly, tuna provides omega-3 essential fatty acids, which are lacking in the typical American diet. The downside is that tuna can also be contaminated with mercury. Because canned tuna is so commonly consumed, it's the main source of mercury in people's diets.
Methylmercury
Mercury exists in three forms: elemental or metallic mercury, inorganic mercury compounds and organic mercury compounds. Methylmercury, an organic mercury compound, is the type that accumulates in tuna and other fish. Fish higher up in the food chain, such as sharks, swordfish and tuna, have higher levels of mercury contamination because they absorb the mercury from the prey fish they consume. The effect that methylmercury exposure has on your health depends on several factors, including the dose, your age, the duration of exposure and your overall health.
Adults with mercury levels above the Environmental Protection Agency Reference Dose, which is the dose that's likely to be without appreciable risk, are often asymptomatic or have nonspecific symptoms. When symptoms do present, they can include changes in behavior, headaches, memory loss, visual field constriction, loss of fine motor control, unsteady movements, tingling or numbness of the extremities and lips and hair loss. A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2002 found that subjects with 15 percent higher mercury levels than the controls had an increased risk of myocardial infarction.
Read more: Danger In Eating Too Much Canned Tuna | LIVESTRONG.COM
ugh.....this sucks....thats a crippling blow to my quick protein throughout the day
stay safe brehs...knowledge is everything....
and a quick google search turned this up
Tuna, a lean protein that's low in saturated fat, is a good source of selenium and one of the few foods that is naturally rich in vitamin D. Maybe even more importantly, tuna provides omega-3 essential fatty acids, which are lacking in the typical American diet. The downside is that tuna can also be contaminated with mercury. Because canned tuna is so commonly consumed, it's the main source of mercury in people's diets.
Methylmercury
Mercury exists in three forms: elemental or metallic mercury, inorganic mercury compounds and organic mercury compounds. Methylmercury, an organic mercury compound, is the type that accumulates in tuna and other fish. Fish higher up in the food chain, such as sharks, swordfish and tuna, have higher levels of mercury contamination because they absorb the mercury from the prey fish they consume. The effect that methylmercury exposure has on your health depends on several factors, including the dose, your age, the duration of exposure and your overall health.
Adults with mercury levels above the Environmental Protection Agency Reference Dose, which is the dose that's likely to be without appreciable risk, are often asymptomatic or have nonspecific symptoms. When symptoms do present, they can include changes in behavior, headaches, memory loss, visual field constriction, loss of fine motor control, unsteady movements, tingling or numbness of the extremities and lips and hair loss. A study published in The New England Journal of Medicine in 2002 found that subjects with 15 percent higher mercury levels than the controls had an increased risk of myocardial infarction.
Read more: Danger In Eating Too Much Canned Tuna | LIVESTRONG.COM
ugh.....this sucks....thats a crippling blow to my quick protein throughout the day
stay safe brehs...knowledge is everything....
