Tuna
canned fish precautions before consuming is substantial
for some consideration because although tuna meats offer various health
nutrients such as protein, omega 3 fatty acid, vitamins, calcium, and minerals,
it also harbor too much sodium, bacteria, mercury, and histamines. Limitation
when eat tuna canned food is very recommended and if you have particular health
condition, then you might want to consult or ask your nutritionist or doctor
before eating canned tuna especially for pregnant women.
Some
precautions for canned tuna fish
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Sodium
Indeed that sodium is one of the most
important minerals for human body, but if it consumed in high amounts then it
will affect adversely by increase the risk of stroke and blood pressure. Tuna
fish contains sodium and many tuna canned fish products have sodium addition.
What is the best solution for it? If you want to eat canned tuna then choose
the one that offer low sodium level or without added salt.
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Bacteria
There is some risk that tuna can food brings when you eating the product which
is bacterial contamination. Pathological bacteria such as Escherichia coli,
Shigella, Clostridium botulinum, Campylobacter jejuni, and Salmonella can cause
food poisoning or even death. When someone gets food poisoning, the symptoms
are range from vomiting to diarrhea and stomach cramps for 4 to 46 hours after
consumption. So, never eat canned tuna which loses its seals and seams in the
cans because it has high risk to be contaminated by those bacterial.
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Mercury
Tuna canned fish contains a heavy metal called mercury which give an ugly effect for
body health plus can be toxic even in small amount. Tuna fish swims in waters
that contain high amount of methylmercury and it is a material that can affect
nervous system specifically in young children, infants, and even an infant.
That’s why pregnant women need to think twice before consuming canned tuna due
to the health risk brought by the mercury. Some type of tuna has more mercury
than the other tunas. For example according to the Environmental Protection
Agency and Food and Drug Administration, light tuna is safer than Albacore tuna
due to the lower level of mercury. Choose wisely the type of tuna meat that you
want to eat, although most of canned tuna factory may package and choosing the
high and best quality tuna that contain low level of mercury.
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Histamine
Scrombroid poisoning or also known as
histamine poisoning can happen when you did not handle the tuna can properly
after opening it. This histamine can formed when bacteria available in tuna
meat which is inherent interact with free amino acid histidine. The proper way
to consume canned tuna fish is when you
already opened the can; you need to eat them all within two hours or if you
cannot finish eating the fish, you should refrigerate the canned tuna.
Those are some precautions when eating tuna canned fish, however it does not mean you
cannot consume canned tuna fish at all because those risks are only available with
several conditions which is rarely occur from the best and high quality canned
tuna fish that handled properly with quality control and other circumstances
when you do not store the canned tuna fish properly.
Still, there is a lot of health benefits comes
from tuna meat which is good for your daily amount of nutrition intake. Even
some people and experts recommend those who are in diet for weight lost to
properly eating tuna or sardines due to the high amount of protein. In
conclusion it is good to eat tuna in can packaging as long as you know how to
limit the consumption.
Tuna itself is classified as a fatty fish
which available with several different species and one of the most popular tuna
types is Albacore tuna. Whether you want to eat raw tuna, tuna steak, or tuna
as canned food, its consumption can contribute for your body health. Despite
those precautions that we already mentioned above, modern day tuna canned fish factory product provides a safe and more proteins, omega 3 fatty acid, mineral, vitamins,
and enough sodium for the body. Meanwhile it is best to limit eating tuna up to
12 ounces of tuna canned fish per
week while consume Albacore tuna has more limitation about 6 ounces per week.
