Fish may increase heart disease risk

A recently published study reveals a little-known problem with fish consumption.

Finnish researchers have discovered that mercury, a heavy metal and dangerous environmental poison commonly found in fish, not only increases the risk of heart disease, but may also negate the supposed heart-protective benefits of fish.

Of the 1,871 men studied in the Kuopio Ischaemic Heart Disease Risk Factor Study, those with the highest mercury content had a 60 percent increased risk of an acute coronary event and a 68 percent increased risk for cardiovascular disease overall.

The amount of mercury found in the men was directly related to their fish intake.

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
GOOD MEDICINE, edition Summer 2005 - page 5

Source: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)
Author: PCRM

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