[Metasequoia]

We eat wild Alaskan salmon about 2-3 times a week - My Dc LOVE it, it's quick, easy & cheap. I buy the silver coho at TJs, in the frozen section, I think it's $6.99/lb.

Do you think this is safe? My friend questions the mercury content in salmon, even wild Alaskan & she suggests cutting back to once a week.

 

[abandbunk]

Sorry, i dont' know much (ok fine, anything

) about nourishing traditions but your post title caught my eye. the level of mercury in wild salmon is very very very low, i wouldn't worry about it for even a second, i will try to find a link for you so you can feel better about it but i am postive it is fine, and the health benefits of wild salmon are too numerous to mention. as far as how often we eat it we usually eat it 3 times a week or so, but we live in southeast alaska and am lucky enuf that my dh catches king salmon often (whenever he gets enuf time off of work to go fishing), and when we aren't able to go fishing we buy it at the store, but it sure isn't cheap

i had to laugh when i read you say that, course we buy king salmon, and even locally, it is very spendy, 15 dollars a lb. but definetly worth it.

 

[Sage_SS]

Hhhmmm...
My hubby is native in the lower mainland of BC so we eat sockeye aaaallll the time! Its delicious and incredibly healthy!! We don't have to worry about any mercury in our salmon, never even heard of merc. in salmon, other than fish farmed ones...

mmm... sockeye!!

 

[tboroson]

I think the friend in question has good reason to be concerned with *any* trace of heavy metal contamination. Her family is a special case. But, for those of us who aren't as sensitive... from what I understand, wild Alaskan salmon is so low that it isn't a scratch on other environmental exposures.

I buy the sockeye salmon from TJs. For a while I was buying that once a week, and that would be 1-2 meals. Lately I've been to TJs much less frequently, so I'm probably getting it more like once every two weeks. Problem is, it's such a thin item, it tends to thaw before I get it home. So I don't buy enough to stock my freezer, I buy enough for that night or the next.

My girls have gone "off" salmon. They used to eat all I gave them, then climb me for any portion I hadn't eaten yet. There was never a molecule of leftovers. Now T will eat what I give her but not ask for more; A will pick at it and mostly just play with it. Ok, these things are cyclical. I'm not too worried. But, it means that I have far more leftovers from one TJs package for my own use than I did in the past

 

[tbone]

We usually eat canned Alaskan Salmon once a week. It 's just too expensive for us otherwise. I do get it fresh at Whole foods whenever it goes on sale though. I think a couple times a week is fine.

 

[freespirited]

When I was pregnant with dd2 we ordered a large shipment of Wild Alaskan Salmon filets and burgers from Mercola's recommended seller, Vital Choice. I ate them twice weekly throughout my 2nd and 3rd trimesters. My baby as been very calm, alert and bright, the same as my non-salmon baby who is now 3 and very advanced. So I don't believe there is any significant amount of mercury in wild Alaskan Salmon. Of course, I didn't use my baby as a guinea pig, I simply believed what Mercola and the salmon company said about low, if any, mercury. I figured in this case, very low mercury was better than no mercury and no dha. We are getting ready to order another shipment from them but it's not cheap because we order in large quantities to save money. I do have to agree that there is probably no seafood anywhere that is 100% mercury-free. It is just so upsetting.

 

[naturemama1]

As often as we can! Which is not as often as we'd like.

From everything I've read, Alaskan salmon is extremely low in mercury, low enough to not be a concern in the slightest. It is also a sustainable and environmentally-friendly industry. Alaska has passed a number of environmental laws protecting the salmon's ecosystem (as well as outlawing salmon farming).

The only other kind of fish we eat is tilapia. I steer clear of everything else because of toxin concerns (my children have never had tuna, for example). I consider myself to be on the very conservative side of the heavy metals debate, but I'm a big believer in DHA and feel comfortable eating Alaskan salmon.

 

[ani'smommy]

We eat it as much as we can afford to. Usually twice a month or so. We LOVE salmon.

 

[Metasequoia]

Do you guys have a Trader Joe's nearby? The wild Alaskan salmon there is only $6.99/lb. I stock up once a month & we're able to eat it 2-3 times a week - it's cheaper than grassfed local beef or poultry for us.