Fish fingers and mercury in fish? Oh I'm so confused!

[MummyDuck]

Here is a good thing to consider when eating fish and getting confused....

Fish that eats other fish has mercury in it, the big fish have mercury in it. Easy peasy. That is shark (Flake) orange ruffy, Marlin, swordfish, catfish, barramundi.

In the case of tuna: BLUEFIN tuna is the tuna to limit intake. Yellow fin tuna is better, which is what is in most tinned tuna.

I would assume Fish Fingers are made from Hake - the same stuff in oven fish and fillet of fish from maccas.

For more info here look here: Pregnant woman can have more then 1 serve a week granted it is low mercury fish!!

Mercury in fish - Better Health Channel.

[bellelass]

Mercury is a heavy metal, so it doesn't leave a body once it's there. It accumulates. Generally speaking, the smaller the fish, the lower its mercury percentage would be. Larger fish have ingested more mercury, and have a higher mercury content.

Honestly, if its fish fingers you're after, knock yourself out. Its not going to hurt you.

[BellyBelly]

There is actually a bellybelly article on this HERE