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Posted on May 16th 2007 8:00AM by Bethany SandersWhat's the number one best food for women? According to Women's Health Magazine, it's fish ... and lots of it. But many people are still avoiding fish, and one of the reasons is the risk of heavy metal contamination.
Big fish eat little fish and then bigger fish eat those big fish (who ate the little fish) and so on and so on up the food chain. Those bigger fish can and do contain high levels of mercury, but according to a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, you'd have to eat several of those "big fish" every month to be at risk for mercury poisoning. That's because our bodies do a good job of eliminating the mercury we take in. Of course, if the mercury doesn't get you, the PCBs will, right? Consider this -- there are higher levels of PCBs found in chicken and beef, but those types of meat won't give you heart benefits that fish does.
I think it's time to feel good about eating fish again. Check out Ocean's Twenty, a list of the 20 most popular kinds of seafood. It'll help you navigate the murky waters of deciding which fish to eat and which to avoid. And if you're worried about over-fishing and the state of the globe's fish populations (and if you live on the planet, you really should be), check out this excellent post from No Impact Man that will help you choose a sustainably-caught fish.
Big fish eat little fish and then bigger fish eat those big fish (who ate the little fish) and so on and so on up the food chain. Those bigger fish can and do contain high levels of mercury, but according to a recent article in the Journal of the American Medical Association, you'd have to eat several of those "big fish" every month to be at risk for mercury poisoning. That's because our bodies do a good job of eliminating the mercury we take in. Of course, if the mercury doesn't get you, the PCBs will, right? Consider this -- there are higher levels of PCBs found in chicken and beef, but those types of meat won't give you heart benefits that fish does.
I think it's time to feel good about eating fish again. Check out Ocean's Twenty, a list of the 20 most popular kinds of seafood. It'll help you navigate the murky waters of deciding which fish to eat and which to avoid. And if you're worried about over-fishing and the state of the globe's fish populations (and if you live on the planet, you really should be), check out this excellent post from No Impact Man that will help you choose a sustainably-caught fish.
