I developed a taste for sushi and lately I have been eating more raw sashimi than the rolls. I eat it about once a week and I feel like I should stop because I think sooner or later it's going to catch up with me. Plus, I am concerned about the mercury levels. Should I give up my sushi addiction?
2007-02-27 00:29:46 · 10 answers · asked by Lynn O 1 in Food & Drink ➔ Ethnic Cuisine
If you are concerned you could do a heavy metals detox now and then. That way it'll ease your mind and if there are any heavy metals lingering in your body then you could flush them out.
One way of doing it is through chelation therapy. But there's many other ways also.
2007-02-27 01:21:21 · answer #1 · answered by rhgindc 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you're a grown man, you shouldn't be too concern with mercury levels. Children and Women at childbearing age should be more careful, 2-3 servings a week is safe.
The general rule of thrumb is that those larger fish that lives longer, shark and swordfish, would accumilate higher mercury levels.
Here's a great website for list of safe seafood choice.
http://www.oceansalive.org/eat.cfm?subnav=bestandworst
2007-02-27 02:21:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
People all over Japan eat sushi everyday. One of my friends is Japanese and her family eats sushi a lot as well. I don't think its hazardous to your health if the fish is fresh. You shouldn't be to worried and its delicious to eat! So just choose the right fish to eat and enjoy yourself. I know I wouldn't stop eating it.
2007-02-27 19:42:33 · answer #3 · answered by Jennie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
u will live sushi is the best to eat do u see any japanese people complaining about the mercury levels
2007-02-27 06:41:43 · answer #4 · answered by ILLSTRUCK WIFE 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no your fine i went to tokyo japan last november and some people eat sushi and sashimi everyday and they are pefectly fine.
i say as long as they are using good fish with little or no mercury in them then you shoud be fine
2007-02-27 00:33:44 · answer #5 · answered by links305 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been eating it for years. There was a time I was eating it 3 times a week. I'm down to once a week (cost) now but that doesn't include picking it up at the grocery store for lunch once, or twice a week! see my name!
2007-02-27 03:15:50 · answer #6 · answered by sushimaven 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think there are a few million people in Japan who are living proof that a daily diet of sashimi is perfectly healthy!
2007-02-27 00:39:12 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't give up. Sushi is very good for lifetime. We are making it at home.
2007-02-27 00:44:28 · answer #8 · answered by VERITAS 33 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only tuna u need to watch out. Too much mercury in tuna. I bet raw salmon is better than tuna!? ^_^
2007-03-01 12:18:05 · answer #9 · answered by ben 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sushis bad??? lately ive been eating it every day....i can make it
:-)
2007-02-27 00:33:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋