{"id":8655,"date":"2023-11-07T20:41:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8655"},"modified":"2023-11-07T20:41:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-07T13:41:23","slug":"say-no-to-fish-for-five-years-before-pregnancy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=8655","title":{"rendered":"Say No to Fish for Five Years Before Pregnancy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Advisories telling pregnant women to cut down on fish consumption may be too late for certain persistent pollutants.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you intentionally <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22293416\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">expose<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> people to mercury by feeding them fish (like tuna) for 14 weeks, the level of mercury in their bloodstream goes up, as you can see in the graph below and at 0:14 in my video <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/avoiding-fish-for-5-years-before-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Avoiding Fish for Five Years Before Pregnancy<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. As soon as they <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/22293416\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">stop<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> eating fish, it drops back down such that they can detox by half in about 100 days. (So, the half-life of total mercury in our blood is approximately 100 days.) Even if you eat a lot of fish, within a few months of stopping, you can clear much of the mercury out of your blood. But what about your brain?<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98383\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/0-14-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The results from modeling studies are all over the place, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24368178\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">providing<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> \u201csome extreme estimates (69 days vs. 22 years).\u201d When put to the test, though, autopsy findings suggest the half-life may be even longer still at 27.4 years. Once mercury gets in our brains, it can be decades before our body can get rid of even half of it. So, better than detoxing is not \u201ctoxing\u201d in the first place.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">That\u2019s the problem with advisories that <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24345328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">tell<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> pregnant women to cut down on fish intake. For pollutants with long half-lives, such as PCBs and dioxins, \u201ctemporary fish advisory-related decreases in daily contaminant intake will not necessarily translate to appreciable decreases in maternal POP [persistent organic pollutant] body burdens,\u201d which help determine the dose the baby gets.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Consider this: As you can see in the graph below and at 1:32 in my <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/avoiding-fish-for-5-years-before-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">video<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, an infant may be <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24345328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">exposed<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> to a tumor-promoting pollutant called PCB 153 if their mom ate fish. But if mom ate only half the fish or no fish at all for one year, levels wouldn\u2019t budge much. A substantial drop in infant exposure levels may only be seen if the mom had cut out all fish for five years before getting pregnant. That <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/24486843\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">is<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the \u201cfish consumption caveat.\u201d \u201c[T]he only scenarios that <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">produced<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a significant impact on children\u2019s exposures required mothers to eliminate fish from their diets for 5 years before their children were conceived. The model predicted that substituting produce for fish would reduce prenatal and breastfeeding exposures by 37% each and subsequent childhood exposures by 23%.\u201d So, \u201ca complete ban on fish consumption may be preferable to targeted, life stage\u2013based fish consumption advisories\u2026\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98385\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-32-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">If you are going to eat fish, though, which is less polluted\u2014wild-caught or farmed fish? In a recent study, researchers <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27670595\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">measured<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> the levels of pesticides, such as DDT, PCBs, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, and toxic elements, such as mercury and lead, in a large sample of farmed and wild-caught seafood. In general, they found that farmed fish were worse. Think of the suspect as <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">farmed and dangerous<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">. The measured levels of most organic and many inorganic pollutants were higher in the farmed seafood products and, consequently, so were the intake levels for the consumer if such products were consumed. For example, as you can see in the graphs below and at 3:09 in my <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/avoiding-fish-for-5-years-before-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">video<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, there <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/27670595\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">was<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> significantly more contamination by polycyclic hydrocarbons, persistent pesticides, and PCBs in all of the farmed fish samples, including the salmon and seabass (though it didn\u2019t seem to matter for crayfish), and the wild-caught mussels were actually worse. If you split adult and child consumers into those only eating farmed seafood or only eating wild-caught seafood, the level of pollutant exposure was significantly worse with the farmed seafood. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-98387\" src=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09.png 1920w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09-960x540.png 960w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09-1200x675.png 1200w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09-720x405.png 720w, https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/app\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3-09-540x304.png 540w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Overall, the researchers, who were Spanish, investigated a total of 59 pollutants and toxic elements. They concluded: \u201cTaking all these data as a whole, and based on the rates of consumption of fish and seafood of the Spanish population, our results indicate that a theoretical consumer who chose to consume only aquaculture [farmed] products would be exposed to levels of pollutants investigated about twice higher than if this theoretical consumer had chosen only products from extractive fisheries [wild-caught fish].\u201d So, when it comes to pollutants, you could eat twice the amount of fish if you stuck to wild-caught. That\u2019s easier said than done, though. Mislabeling rates for fish and other seafood in the United States <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/usa.oceana.org\/reports\/deceptive-dishes-seafood-swaps-found-worldwide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">are<\/span><\/a><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> between 30 and 38 percent, so the average fraud rate is around one in three.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;134245417&quot;:false,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In my previous video on this topic, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/how-long-to-detox-from-fish-before-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">How Long to Detox from Fish Before Pregnancy<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">, I mentioned a study that suggests detoxing from fish for one year to lower mercury levels, but other pollutants take longer to leave our system.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For optimum brain development, consider a pollutant-free source of omega-3 fatty acids. Check out <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/should-vegan-women-supplement-with-dha-during-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Should Vegan Women Supplement with DHA during Pregnancy?<\/a><\/strong>.<span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aside from pollutants, there are other reasons we may want to avoid excessive amounts of animal protein. See <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/nutritionfacts.org\/video\/flashback-friday-the-effect-of-animal-protein-on-stress-hormones-testosterone-and-pregnancy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Flashback Friday: The Effect of Animal Protein on Stress Hormones, Testosterone, and Pregnancy<\/strong><\/a><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"et_social_bottom_trigger\"\/>  <\/div>\n<p><script>\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n            if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n            n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n            t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n            s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '1582627921973608');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1675549\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Advisories telling pregnant women to cut down on fish consumption may be too late for certain persistent pollutants.\u00a0 If you intentionally expose people to mercury by feeding them fish (like tuna) for 14 weeks, the level of mercury in their bloodstream goes up, as you can see in the graph below and at 0:14 in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":8656,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}