A diet rich in fish. High-end consumers face more mercury risks.

Mercury levels in high-end consumers of fish.

Consumption of food containing mercury has been identified as a health risk. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) and the National Academy of Sciences recommend keeping the whole blood mercury level < 5.0 microg/L or the hair level < 1.0 microg/g. This corresponds to a reference dose (RfD) of 0.1 microg/kg body weight per day. All patients in a 1-year period (n = 720) who came fo...

ALSPAC Mercury Study and Fish Consumers

Visual acuity in fish consumers of the Brazilian Amazon: risks and benefits from local diet.

OBJECTIVE To examine the associations between near and distant visual acuity and biomarkers of Hg, Pb, n-3 fatty acids and Se from the local diet of fish-eating communities of the Tapajós River in the Brazilian Amazon. DESIGN Visuo-ocular health and biomarkers of Hg (hair, whole blood, plasma), Pb (whole blood), Se (whole blood and plasma) and n-3 fatty acids (plasma total phospholipids) were...

ALSPAC Mercury Study and Fish Consumers: Golding et al. Respond

Fish-rich diet, leptin, and body mass.

BACKGROUND Leptin has been implicated in cardiovascular disease. A diet rich in fish has been associated with decreased cardiac and vascular risk. METHODS AND RESULTS We examined the relationship between diet and leptin in 2 related homogeneous African tribal populations of Tanzania. One tribe consumes freshwater fish as their main diet component (n=279), and the other tribe consumes a primar...