Eating more fish daily may increase the amount of mercury you consume. Eating fish with high mercury content can be dangerous to your health, but how do you know how much mercury you are consuming?
GotMercury.org has a Mercury Calculator to help determine how much mercury you may be consuming from fish. Users input weight, the type of fish to be eaten and the amount of fish that will be eaten in a week. Results are reported against the EPA mercury limits.
Mercury in fish is a problem for everyone but is of particular concern for women and children. The FDA has warned that pregnant women, nursing mothers, women who might become pregnant, and children should not eat swordfish, shark, tilefish, and king mackerel because of their high methylmercury content.
If you are taking your fishetarian lifestyle seriously, make sure you are eating a wide variety of fish and are aware of your mercury intake levels.