tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898528390168952352.post7670681966527160790..comments2012-05-03T03:39:18.285-07:00Comments on fit mommy secrets: Interview with Cassandra ForsytheGalya Denzelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04843495391231873276noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898528390168952352.post-50318399278570641912010-03-24T17:11:05.500-07:002010-03-24T17:11:05.500-07:00Excellent: Really beautifil posting. have a nice d...Excellent: Really beautifil posting. have a nice day.david santoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08976825493652779441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898528390168952352.post-85141210244848552642010-01-25T12:30:29.057-08:002010-01-25T12:30:29.057-08:00Hi and thanks for your comment. I will ask Cassand...Hi and thanks for your comment. I will ask Cassandra for her personal opinion and I hope she has a chance to chime in.<br /><br />Here are my two cents:<br /><br />You are already doing your best by staying educated and getting the fish with the lowest amount of mercury you can find. <br /><br />The Environmental Protection Agency has the strictest recommendations I have seen. They go as low as 0.1 0.1 micrograms per kilogram of body weight per day.<br /><br />Here is a cool calculator you can use to determine safety.<br /><br />http://www.gotmercury.org/<br /><br />I found cool charts on the selenium - mercury connection you are interested in:<br /><br />http://www.mercuryfacts.org/images/seleniumgraph.jpg<br /><br />http://www.wpcouncil.org/councilmtgs/145th/Selenium_Poster_final.pdf<br /><br />I would say you have been making good choices and if you keep your fish intake as is, you should be fine. <br /><br />Here is a cool source on how to choose fish:<br /><br />http://www.edf.org/page.cfm?tagID=1521<br /><br />It is very interesting to see the interaction between selenium and mercury. There are a number of scientific studies I have seen, that show high binding affinity of selenium for mercury. I think it's safe to say that selenium would play a protective role when consuming fish. <br /><br />Either way, you are a winner, getting the best fish you can get, taking purified supplements and staying on top of things.<br /><br />GalyaGalya Denzelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04843495391231873276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1898528390168952352.post-48012593835829686502010-01-23T13:39:51.753-08:002010-01-23T13:39:51.753-08:00Galya,
Thank you for sharing this interview. I...Galya,<br /><br />Thank you for sharing this interview. I'm not certain if you will have further contact with Cassandra any time soon or if she will stop by, but I had a follow-up question pertaining to seafood (a bit wordy, but hopefully you won't mind me sharing it). If possible it would be great to get some additional insight.<br /><br />A few months back, I started ordering seafood from Vital Choice for me and my wife. According to the Vital Choice website, their Albacore tuna has 0.05 ppm of methyl mercury and that number falls to 0.03 ppm for their sockeye salmon (which Is what I typically order). <br /><br />http://www.vitalchoice.com/uploads/Merc%20Comp%204_06.pdf<br /><br />I often here a general guideline that 2 servings of non-predatory fish (preferably wild caught and definitely not farm-raised) is generally accepted as safe, or at least minimally risky, and that this is likely a good guideline for everyone, but especially pregnant women and children. However when I would place a sizable order, I would find myself serving it at least 2, and often up to 4 times per week. So that would be up to 4 servings of roughly 4-6 ounces of fish during some weeks that I would serve to my wife and for myself.<br /><br />Given that she is now pregnant, should she cut back to 2 or fewer servings or are the levels listed by Vital Choice low enough to skirt potential issues? For that matter, should I also be wary of cutting back on my seafood intake. NOTE: the only seafood I eat is what I purchase from Vital Choice, so that I know the source. While the methylmercury is a focus, I am also curious if this level of consumption is also risky in terms of PCB’s and dioxins. It’s frustrating to realize that there will always be some measure of inherent risk.<br /><br />My wife and I aren’t eating this in place of supplementing with a purified fish or krill oil supplement, we simply add this to it, so on days when we eat fish we lower our dose a bit and on days we don’t, we bump up that dosage. Our primary reason for consuming it is the delicious taste, along with the “bonuses” of protein, astaxanthin, vitamin D, and omega 3’s that come along for the ride. But now that my wife is pregnant I have begun to think about the relative health risk to the both of us.<br /><br /> On one final note, I am also curious if the selenium content of the seafood is at all protective against methyl mercury, particularly at these lower levels found in the Vital Choice fish. I’ve heard selenium has the potential to chelate methylmercury, but I am uncertain if this lessens the risk to any noteworthy degree, that is if I am not misinformed to begin with on this front.UofMWolverine81https://www.blogger.com/profile/17357296181603950378noreply@blogger.com