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...there an optimal risk-benefit ratio for fish? How much omega-3 fatty acids should we get versus mercury...
...commonly eaten fish, if there is any level of mercury where, for an adult [excluding women who are or may become pregnant], the potential risk will be greater than the potential benefit of omega-3s, I haven't seen any study that shows that.... If there is a theoretical limit at which potential harm from mercury might exceed omega-3s, it's probably far higher than what we're seeing now. The idea that you're going to eat a fish meal as an adult and that it's going to give you net cardiovascular harm is just not supported...
...know you want to get to this idea of a balance of risk versus benefit. The evidence suggests that the balance is always toward net benefit. If there were a fish that had almost no omega-3s and had high mercury, then the benefit might be surpassed. But most fish that have mercury tend to be the larger ocean-going fish that also tend to be high in omega...
...have high-mercury fish every day for months to years you may get neurologic symptoms. The simplest way to avoid that problem is to eat a variety of fish and seafood. Both our report in 2006 in JAMA and the Institute of Medicine report, which were completely independent and came out at the same time, came to the same conclusion: There's no consistent evidence right now for significant health effects from mercury in adults, and the simplest way to avoid concern is to eat a variety of fish. We went further and recommended, to be prudent, that people...
...people who eat a few servings per week or less, don't eat the same fish every time, and then you won't have to worry about whether this one is a little bit higher in mercury or this one is a little bit lower...