Can You Get Mercury Poisoning from a Pescatarian Diet? A Doctor Explains

Janelle Monae is a pescatarian- which means she eats a diet with a lot of fish. You can actually get mercury poisoning from eating too much of the wrong fish and this is what she claims to have. I explain here!

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[babberae]

I guess "too much of something isn't good for you" literally applies to everything.

[yerri]

This is just so sad...what pollution people have caused to our earth & only home.

[liyah]

Am I the only one who keeps thinking LET THE GIRL TALK MY GOD

[elonawilliams]

It seemed deliberate that the newscasters kept interrupting the doctor 😢

[lcarter]

Thanks for sharing. I just found this lovely little fish market in the next town from where I stay. I planned on purchasing A few Kroger’s ’, Whiting and Red-snapper’s. I still may just do that. I’ll just eat them in moderation.

[chesterf.m.burnett]

Thank you, Jen. Blessings be upon you are 🙌🙌🙌

[davidkellymitchell]

That's why I eat only fresh water fish from non contaminated inland lakes. I like to fish and catch em too. I will eat sardines and mackerels occasionally because tiny salt water fish have little mercury if any but they have a whopping amount of salt for preservatives.

[leelewis]

I been a vegetarian for over 3 years now and I’m thinking about changing over to a pescatarian diet but the mercury thing is an issue for me. I wouldn’t be surprised if I got mercury poisoning with my bad luck.

[vagabond]

I eat platters of that my whole life. Not dead hah. Nobody in Hawaii or Japan got mercury poisoning. Rubbish

[oscars]

I eat sardine can 3 or 4 times a week max, low salt versions and drink fine China tea & my type 2 diabetes is getting better every week. Think as well it prevents me from having a load of bad stuff.

[raythomas]

There are definitely islanders and folks that live near the cost that don’t get mercury poison and never have. Where is she getting her fish from?

[commonsense]

Sardines and Sockeye Salman has little to no mercury.

[bernardjameswilson]

I'm a pescatarian kinda. Not because I'm health conscious. But because it takes less time to cook fish.

[Crazyweazelbear]

Only predatory fish have high levels of mercury.

[GoodTheBodyGoodTheSoul]

Fillings may add an additional burden.

[cedricdelsol]

Selenium helps detox the body from mercury, so nuts, broccoli and beans. If i ate red meat every day or fish every day. I think my health is better off with the fish.

[Kassiusday]

Ok but what was the Mercury rate 1000 years ago ?? Does modern civilisation has increased sea levels of. mercury ??? If yes how ?? Which products ?

[QIKWIA]

👋🏽Hello Dr. Jen!💞

I stopped eating ALL seafood last year..😢

The oceans and seas are horribly contaminated with plastic pollution, deadly radiation, carcinogenic garbage and medical waste..

..The Pacific Ocean is "officially dead" from the Fukushima nuclear fallout catastrophe.

Everything is dying or has died thats swimming in that toxic, radiated water.