Hey there, Tim/FacelessFatloss here…
People are always surprised to hear that I don’t eat fish, not even wild salmon.
I haven’t been able to for about three years now. Used to be a part of my diet, after being a vegetarian (lact0-ovo) for over 15 years, and it worked well for me for a short time.
But I couldn’t figure out why I was getting headaches so readily, until I traced it to my fish consumption. I rarely to never get headaches…so I knew whatever was causing them was traceable.
“Yes,” we all know salmon are supposed to be a great protein source as well as the healthy fatty acids, but even the wild caught varieties that are supposed to have minimal to no mercury, affect me.
I am not claiming it’s any alleged mercury content in the fish that is causing the problem, but I’m stating that it is likely the case, or else it’s some other form of toxin. I know what my body feels like, what symptoms I’m going to experience, when I’m detoxing. I experience these symptoms after even a little bit of fish.
The general rule is, the larger the fish (such as tuna, shark) the more toxins you will have to contend with. The smaller fish such as sardines are supposed to be among the least toxic. I used to eat them on occasion as well, out of those terribly stinky cans that they came in.
Can’t do any of them any more, but might give the sardines another try sometime.
One thing is certain:
I always used some form of chelation when eating fish, and if I ever eat fish again, I will amp up the chelation even more aggressively. The best new ways of grabbing mercury are extremely effective…BUT…I don’t have any plans of eating fish again any time soon, and will very likely keep it out of my diet permanently at this point. At least until a serious clean-up of our environment is undertaken and some conclusive proof exists that the wonderful fish in our seas are not being poisoned by industrialization on an on-going basis.
Tim