Open AccessFish Consumption, Mercury Exposure, and Heart Diseases
Author(s) -
Hing Man Chan,
Grace M. Egeland
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
nutrition reviews
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.958
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1753-4887
pISSN - 0029-6643
DOI - 10.1111/j.1753-4887.2004.tb00027.x
Subject(s) - mercury (programming language) , fish consumption , mercury exposure , fish <actinopterygii> , toxicity , environmental health , dilemma , toxicology , heart disease , biology , medicine , physiology , fishery , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , computer science , biomonitoring , programming language
There is increasing concern regarding methyl‐mercury exposure in populations that consume large amounts of fish. This situation poses a dilemma for those who choose to consume fish for its beneficial effects on heart disease risk. Recent evidence suggests that high mercury content in fish may diminish the cardioprotective effect of fish intake. We explore the current knowledge of Hg toxicity on the heart and evaluate the epide‐miologic evidence to date