Eating excessive Tuna - am I being poisoned?
Discussion
MonkeyMatt said:
I dont think you should be too worried! Dont you get bored with just Tuna though, what about pink salmon or mackeral?
No I could it every meal. Wish I did get bored. Goes in everything to hit the protein intake. cant stomach it going in a pint of water yet 
Yeah I eat Salmon, Mackeral and cod etc but when you can get 4 tins of tuna for £3 when pink salmon is £2 a tin....
Can you not have a tin of tuna and a couple of protein shakes a day as well instead of just tuna? If you get a good shake, like the Reflex whey stuff, it's quite drinkable. I used to have a couple of cans of tuna a day, but after a bit I would rather have eaten a fat girls arse pubes as after you do it for ages it really does lose its appeal.
jenkotvr said:
90kg and aim to put in a min of 180grms of protein. Doesn't always happen though.
Fair enough - about right 
I expected you to say some silly amount as 3 tins of tuna alone is probably 100-120g of protein.
I've had people tell me 4/5 tins a week is too much, never been a problem to me, not that I've noticed anyway
.I've also heard that tins of tuna steak, rather than tuna chunks, has a lower content. It looks and tastes exactly the same.
jenkotvr said:
OK, currently eating 2 to 3 tins of Princes Tuna a day; Is this excessive enough to worry about Mercury poisoning or do I need man up and eat more?
Such an easy protein source and can add to pretty much anything.
Anyone else eating similar amounts?
Ha ha not laughing at you, i'm the same as you the gym I worked at in 2004 we consumed noodles and tuna daily (with BBQ sauce!) i'm still the same, my sports nutrition for endurance events from that year and including a 24hr mountain bike race in Jan 12 was noodles and tuna ha ha, and in theory it should be high carbohydrates and not protein.Such an easy protein source and can add to pretty much anything.
Anyone else eating similar amounts?
I went to the TT in 2007 and most of the lads I went with now are noodles, tuna and BBQ sauce addicts. But yes there is supposed to be some element in truth about mercury posioning, i'm not glowing yet.
Have you tried soup and a tin of tuna? My GF couldn't believe it when she see that one.
There could be worse things to be addicted to - glue sniffing, fag licking, McD's enemas, Eastenders, PH ranting...
Mackrel would be a good replacement for one tin imo. Higher Omega 3 content for muscle building. OTOH you don't want to be eating more than about 3.5g of Omega 3 per day. 3 tins of "regular" Tuna is going to equal about 1.2g of Omega 3...
btw, what the hell is White Tuna? It's got 1.6g of Omega 3 per 150g according to this (superb resource) http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/finfish-and-sh...
Mackrel would be a good replacement for one tin imo. Higher Omega 3 content for muscle building. OTOH you don't want to be eating more than about 3.5g of Omega 3 per day. 3 tins of "regular" Tuna is going to equal about 1.2g of Omega 3...
btw, what the hell is White Tuna? It's got 1.6g of Omega 3 per 150g according to this (superb resource) http://nutritiondata.self.com/facts/finfish-and-sh...
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