Tuna is anti-inflammatory, and the reason is its omega-3 fats. It belongs to the oily fish, the group that does more against inflammation than anything else in the meat and fish aisle. Mercury is what stops it at 2 out of 10 on the inflammation scale.<\/p>\n
Tuna hunts other fish and can live for decades, so mercury collects in its flesh year after year and never leaves. That makes the size of the fish the thing to read on the tin. Canned light tuna is skipjack, a small tuna caught young, and it carries around a third of the mercury of the bigger albacore sold as white tuna.<\/p>\n
The liquid in the tin changes the fish as well. Tuna and the oil around it trade fats on the shelf. Tuna canned in oil ends up carrying a lot of the linoleic acid from the oil around it. Part of what you drain away is the fish’s own fat. Tuna in water does not make that trade.<\/p>\n
A fresh steak is a different food again, with more omega-3 than the tin and more mercury with it. Two or three servings a week suits most people. Pregnancy is the exception, because mercury reaches the baby, and there the small canned tuna is the one to keep.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Read the tin, though. Water or olive oil is fine, sunflower and soybean oil are out during elimination, and added vegetable broth usually means soy. 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