2024 Author: Jasmine Walkman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 08:29
Mercury from eaten fish does not increase the risk of heart attack and stroke. That's according to researchers at Harvard University after analyzing toxin levels in tens of thousands of nail clippings.
Seafood is often recommended against cardiovascular disease. However, some experts are concerned that the high mercury content of some fish, such as sharks and swordfish, is dangerous, the Associated Press reports.
Is this really so? The latest study tried to answer this question. In it, scientists do not rely solely on people's memories of what they ate, but measure the mercury in their nails. The study of American scientists covers data on 174,000 people, followed for 11 years.
Differences in the incidence of heart attacks and strokes between people with the highest concentration of mercury and those with the lowest were not found.
Mercury is found in soil and rocks, including coal. From coal-fired power plants and other sources, it enters the air, and from there into the water.
Small fish ingest it with plankton, then they become food for larger ones. Predatory fish that live longer, such as sharks, swordfish, king mackerel, accumulate the most mercury.
It has generally been found that high amounts of the metal can damage babies' developing brains and nervous systems.
"People need to eat fish and not worry about side effects on their hearts," said cardiologist Dariusz Mozafarian.
Last month, however, playmate Zlatka Dimitrova was hospitalized for her own diet of lettuce and tuna. According to Zlatka, there were nitrates in the salad and mercury in the fish, which caused her severe abdominal pain and a diagnosis of "intestinal entanglement".
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