watch out, that’s what happens if you eat it every day

Statistically, canned tuna is one of the most common forms of food “preserved” through the canning process, which has been part of the mainstream diet for the last century, especially since after -war. More than 2/3 of Italian families are quite well equipped with home canning and tuna is an important food source both to be adopted in “emergency” but also useful because of the very varied applications of this food. Since the advent of the web, a series of more or less verifiable stories have begun to spread about the mostly negative effect of tuna in our lives, as well as related to excessive consumption. What happens to eating canned tuna every day?

Canned tuna: watch out, here’s what happens if you eat it every day

It is currently a safe food, more protected than in the past. As one can guess, it is always better to focus on quality products, perhaps famous brands that use tuna caught in Europe or Italy, more protective also in the environmental field. Tuna in the general sense is a healthy fish, very rich in mineral salts and vitamins as well as a good source of iron and protein.

Yet tuna, especially canned tuna, is full of salt (it’s no coincidence that many tuna brands offer salt-free or less-salt variants), because it’s an excellent preservative. Then there is the problem of mercury which, net of food fake news, is naturally present in these animals, even before fishing, and is therefore not determined by conservation. Mercury is a toxic heavy metal that is only tolerated in minimal amounts, so it is advisable not to consume more than 10 grams of canned tuna per day, as it can cause quite serious effects such as tremors in the limbs, tingling, pain and discomfort. widespread.