Question about tuna

[Veretta9]

My friend just told me that he was watching the health channel and they were discussing tuna. A study found that if you eat a lot of tuna it will lower your thyroid, anyone ever hear this before? Any truth to it?

 

[Stryc-9]

That would be related to the mercury content of the tuna - as mercury toxicity can screw with thyroid function.

 

[Veretta9]

I also just found out that it said the same thing for large quantities of broccoli---I find that kind of suspect---but any truth to that as well?

 

[Stryc-9]

Well this has been said about cruciferous vegetables in general - because they contain goitrogens (naturally occuring chemicals thought to interfere with thyroid hormone synthesis).

But I honestly wouldn't worry about that unless you're taking synthroid or other thyroid replacement drugs (i.e., you already have hypothyroidism). Eat up!!

 

[Slyder190]

Mercury. EEEEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!

 

[darkwing]

Thats all you hear anymore, is about mercury.

 

[bran987]

I'm starting to think we should be more worried about the Planet Mercury being thrown out of orbit and crashing into Earth than the mercury in our healthy as shit food we eat everyday.

 

[obiwan9962]

okay chicken littles

the amount of tuna and/or broccoli you have to consume to adversely affect your body would be realm of every meal every day for several months

eat healthy
stress less about mercury, pcb's, dioxin, thryoid-defeatism, blah blah blah
i find the more you worry about the minor crap the more likely you are to cause it to happen
and it is minor
consider all the people out there eating the way you do......are they dropping dead?

 

[bran987]

yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay now I can go to that Tunafish and Broccoli Festival that I've been hearing so much about thanks obiwan!!!!!

 

[anthrax]

okay chicken littles

the amount of tuna and/or broccoli you have to consume to adversely affect your body would be realm of every meal every day for several months

eat healthy
stress less about mercury, pcb's, dioxin, thryoid-defeatism, blah blah blah
i find the more you worry about the minor crap the more likely you are to cause it to happen
and it is minor
consider all the people out there eating the way you do......are they dropping dead?

Actually, stressing about mercury, pcb's, dioxin,.... leads to cortisol, an extremely catabolic hormone