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Originally Posted by tom sawyer

Thanks Caligirl. I didn't know you could just eat canned tuna and get so much EFAs. ThinkI'm going to eat a couple of cans a week and not worry about supplementation.

I realize you're not a woman of child-bearing age

, but you'll want to avoid overeating mercury and PCBs anyway. Albacore (white) tuna has more mercury than canned light tuna.

Consumer Reports: Is the government too lax in advice on tuna consumption?

Environmental Working Group: Mercury in Seafood

EWG's Tuna Calculator

Others:
Canned Tuna Mercury Riskier Than Previously Suspected
Bill Moyers of PBS