Mercury

Love Tuna, Not Mercury!
People are not paying enough attention to how damaging mercury has become to fish in our waters and how detrimental it can be to our health. Mercury is in toxic amounts in damaging to the liver, kidney, nervous system and basically your entire body. One source of mercury that is going unoticed is in our tooth fillings at the dentist office. This filling is called amalgam. These fillings have a high mercury content and are becoming a more and more common cause of mercury poisioning.

These fillings are actually close to 50 percent composed of mercury. Many of the most knowledgable dentists still aren't going mercury free! So this is a major problem for humans. But what about the mercury that is also being consumed from the fish we eat.

The higher your dinner is in the food chain, chances are the more mercury your body will be consuming from that fish. Tuna, shark, mackerel, and swordfish are the ones to watch out for the highest amounts of mercury. Of course this doesn't mean we should cut back on our intake of fish, especially since they are so rich in many essential fatty acids that are body needs, we simply need to become more aware. Aware, of our mercury intake, and aware of how dangerous it can be, espeically for pregnant women.



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