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I am in my 8th week of prenancy and all I have been craving is canned tuna. i recently heard that tuna is not good for you while pregnate. is this true? If it is not safe, why is it not safe?
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They say the mercury content is unsafe and can be pa__sed on to the baby. I have hear the light kind is lower in mercury than the white or albacore. If you can find wild canned salmon, that would probably be a better choice.
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Hi Angie, I too love Tuna!!! My doctor said I can consume the small tins of tuna up to 3 or 4 times per week. Hope this helps.
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Lisa is correct, you can have the canned light tuna - but you shouldn't have more than 6 ounces a week -that's like 2 cans.
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Apparently, the tuna they use for the canned tuna are very small tuna who would have consumed very small amounts of mercury. That's why you are safe to eat a couple cans of tuna a week. However, the pieces of tuna you buy from your fish monger come from large tuna that would have consumed much more mercury. That's the tuna to avoid while pregnant.
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