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pixma

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Mercury In Fish!! Is Hake bad for you?
Posted: 11-13-07 05:23am

So i know that some fish is bad for you because of the mercury in the fish.

What about hake? does that have alot of mercury in it!!?

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Posted: 11-13-07 08:37am

here's a site with a really good list of fish and their mercury contents-

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/pregnanc yhealth/fishmercury.htm

it says hake is in the lowest mercury group, so eat up and enjoy!
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Posted: 11-13-07 08:45am

oh yay thats cool!! thanks for that!!Smile

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Posted: 11-13-07 08:49am

thw whole mercury thing confused me. When my sister was pregnant with #1 she was told to eat alot of fish and that mercury wasn't a problem and then when she was pregnant with #2 (only 6 months later) she was told it was bad
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Posted: 11-13-07 10:54am

Dannzibelle wrote:
thw whole mercury thing confused me. When my sister was pregnant with #1 she was told to eat alot of fish and that mercury wasn't a problem and then when she was pregnant with #2 (only 6 months later) she was told it was bad


They change their minds on this. It isn't bad in moderation but it isn't something you should be consuming every day.
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Posted: 11-13-07 12:48pm

my dr. said no more than 6 oz of fish a week.
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Posted: 11-13-07 12:49pm

Emma2 wrote:
my dr. said no more than 6 oz of fish a week.


What kind of fish?
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Posted: 11-13-07 12:52pm

anything with high mercury levels..
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Posted: 11-13-07 13:33pm

large fish are higher in mercury.
Such as Tuna, shark, and sword fish.

I lerve tuna and eel!! Yummmm!!

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Posted: 11-13-07 13:40pm

eww fish lol
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Posted: 11-13-07 16:39pm

I was told to only eat tuna approx 3 or 4 times a week (I think.. I hate it anyway so I didn't pay too much attention) & to avoid eating shark, merlin & swordfish altogether.
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pixma

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Posted: 11-13-07 17:47pm

I'm not really a big fan of fish but with stephens recent heart attack we have to try and cut down on certain foods and add in a few good ones.

Thanks for your help!!Smile
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