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They are at time.com/newsletters and are separate from a paid subscription. ## Video: Should I Eat Canned Tuna? [Watch (HLS stream): Should I Eat Canned Tuna?](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/KNXhPqjc.m3u8) (1:30)  _Published 2015-03-25. It’s not the sexiest fish in the sea. But tuna—even once it’s caught, frozen, thawed, cooked, chopped and canned—still gets a nod of approval from most of our experts._ --- Oct 11, 2023 9:27 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Tuna Payouts And Other Weird Commercial Lawsuits](/video/354oyKE5/) ### Tuna Payouts And Other Weird Commercial Lawsuits [The Trouble with Tuna](/video/nWITPNR9/) ### The Trouble with Tuna [Bluefin Tuna Catch](/video/pSBhUy5d/) ### Bluefin Tuna Catch --- ## Transcript Should you eat canned tuna? Three out of five of our experts say yes. But aren't pulling out their can openers anytime soon. First, some tuna praise. A typical five ounce can has 56 % of your daily protein requirement and it's loaded with heart protective Omega- 3. Especially the kind backed in water, not oil found one study by Asim Maqbool. Mercury is the biggest concern in fish like tuna. Pollution releases mercury into the air. And as it accumulates in the ocean, fish absorb it and their mercury stores build up. When you eat certain fish like tuna, mercury can build up in your bloodstream over time. M two. Light tuna has about half the mercury as albacore, and the FDA says that two meals of light tuna a week are safe. But toxin researcher Philippe Grandjean disagrees. Canned tuna contributes more than one- third of the mercury exposure of the average American. Can, he says. More of us should choose canned salmon instead, since it has less mercury and more Omega 3s, says Michael Gochfeld. But Leonardo Trasande says we need to kick the can entirely. Cans are lined with the endocrine disruptor, BPA. 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