LucasSloan comments on Lifestyle interventions to increase longevity - Less Wrong

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Comment author: D_Malik 27 February 2014 06:20:19PM 7 points [-]

On eating more fish: How worried should I be about mercury poisoning? Is it worthwhile to carefully select fish for low mercury content?

For instance, one guy on /r/fitness reports that 2 cans of chunk light tuna a day gave him mercury poisoning; while you're not recommending that much fish, I'd expect that health detriments appear long before full-blown mercury poisoning.

(I'm not expecting you in particular to tell me this, I just want to know if someone on LW has already done this research.)

Comment author: LucasSloan 28 February 2014 12:36:49AM -1 points [-]

The health benefits of fish outweight the health detriments of mercury until way beyond the level of consumption you're likely to get to.

Just eat fish.

Comment author: Lumifer 28 February 2014 01:17:34AM 10 points [-]

The health benefits of fish outweight the health detriments of mercury until way beyond the level of consumption you're likely to get to.

Supporting data..?