How much fish is enough?

The FDA and EPA just issued a press release indicating that American women and children do not eat enough fish.  This may be due in part to previous guidelines suggesting that eating too much fish is harmful because of mercury, which is present in all fish.

However, the FDA has now released proposed changes to the guidelines stating that the optimum fish intake for pregnant women and young children is 2-3 servings of low mercury fish a week.

The interesting part of the guidelines is that they state that low mercury fish include most fish sold in grocery stores (with the exception of albacore tuna).    This includes canned light tuna, salmon, shrimp, haddock, cod, pollock, tilapia, and catfish.

So, eat your fish.  Yes, this is mom speaking.

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