While the list changes constantly of what we should eat versus what we shouldn’t, there are some foods that seem to be on the “healthy” side of the list no matter what the fads are that come and go in health and wellness.
So what’s a person to do when the one healthy food they’ve always been allowed to eat- and in fact strongly encouraged to consume regularly- comes under fire for its link to type 2 diabetes?
In a study recently released in the journal Diabetes Care, researchers found that people who consume the highest amounts of mercury are 65% more likely to develop type 2 diabetes.
Mercury is a metal that is commonly found in fish. Fish, ironically, happen to be a protein source that is not only widely consumed by most every country in the world, but also is one that is strongly encouraged to be eaten to increase wellness.
In addition to many other types of foods or food additives that lead to inflammation in the body, it is theorized that mercury damages the beta cells that are responsible for insulin sensitivity.
You can still eat fish, though, and even in the amounts your dietician or doctor recommends. Fish like light tuna, salmon, trout, whitefish, crab, scallops and freshwater perch are all on the list of fish with the lowest mercury levels.
Fish on the danger list are King mackerel, swordfish, tilefish and shark. Some of these are also on the threatened species list, so there is more reason to avoid them.
Some of the fish that are listed in the mid-range and therefore should be consumed in moderation include orange roughy, halibut, striped bass, grouper and lobster.
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Interesting info……
I wonder if all the mercury filling in our mouths would have a bigger effect than the fish we eat…
I am wondering the same thing.
Thanks Christian. You won't believe that only yesterday, I just got a pack of smoked sawfish to relish on. Do I refrain completely or just keep it and eat in moderation?
I think this is garbage…type 2 is global and not all fish around the world are high in mercury….If I was to point the biggest finger to type 2 it would be flour and bread..This has been consistently encouraged in the food pyramid for years and now everyone thinks whole grain bread is the healthy alternative to white bread…well it isn't! There is something in flour that destroys the cells of the pancreas….You only have to look at flour loving nations like the US/UK/China for some of the worst rates of type 2….China is bad because they eat so much rice but don't eat sugar like the west does but they have high rates…..starchy carbs/flour and sugar are the scurge behind tyoe 2 plus lack of excercise/obesity…….Mercury tends to be high in game fish like sharks but there are heaps of table fish that many people eat….not forgeting all these farmed fish!
That's the first thing that came into my mind, too.
Jonathon: you could be onto something.
Unlike Jonathon Cox of Cardiff, I can actually state that most fish especially those around the British coast are laden with Mercury and the bigger the fish the worse the problem.
many people bury their collective heads in the sand for fear of it affecting their lives if they think too much about a problem.
The North Sea is polluted to a degree that even the seals that feed on fish have registered in those waters are contaminated too.
There is ample evidence of this if one takes the time to look further than the end of one’s nose, with both modern communication and the present media saturation, it is almost impossible not to know or understand this is not an isolated incidence, but a World Wide Phenomenon.
My family used to fish both the Atlantic and the North Sea as trawler fishermen, before the days of the factory ships, but with the way that those fleets raped the seas it was almost impossible to make a living, so they sold their licences and have pursued other interest on the Land.
Just recently, well, about eleven months ago, here in Australia, a friend of mine caught a Nice Sized Mackerel 14 Kilo’s in North Queensland waters, he did what most fishermen do, cleaned and gutted then chopped the fish into portions for the freezer. He and his companion who was sharing the fishing trip decided to cook the nice fresh fish. However after consuming only one piece of the fish both men fell sick, so sick that they contacted the Local Coast Guard by ship to shore. They couldn’t even attempt to return to harbour for fear of doing something wrong, that’s how sick they were. Needless to say they were rescued and hospitalised and then diagnosed with both Mercury & Ciguatera Poisoning.
With a stint in intensive care both have recovered but are still experiencing symptoms of the two poisons, neither symptoms are pleasant and neither of them have returned to work, due to the debilitating effects of this episode. It would appear that the bigger the fish the more chance that it will have both of these poisons within their systems, especially Ciguartera Poison. Take whatever message you like from this, this is only one small incident, I wonder how many more are happening around the world that are not reported…….?
Brian…I did not state that eating mercury laden fish was good for you! Of course its not a healthy thing to do and i can see your point in what you say but i dont see your relevance to type 2 here.
In Nz where very few fish have the problem with mercury….there are still huge numbers of type 2 cases….have they all been going on holiday and eating fish from other parts of the world? maybe they import them.!……..Its is not well known that white flour has a chemical in it that destroys pancreas cells……potato is recognised in the same vein as sugar by the body…starchy carbs make us fat and strain our systems….fat doesnt make you fat………meanwhile the western world overeats,have become slobs,no exercise…supersize everything..more sugar..more deep fried food..more and more additives are added to our foods and now food is becoming modified…who knows where that will lead further down the track……yes mercury and any metals in foods/fillings are not good but certain foods help remove metals from the body eg garlic………and what about the blue bloods? silver is a metal right?…………it just seems crazy to blame the epidemic on mercury alone.If that was the case…show me the higher incidents in relation to consumption of mercury laden fish…….That would mean countries that dont eat mercury laden fish would be exempt from type 2 then right? vegetarians wouldnt get type 2 right? Is that true?