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Not surprised at the Portugese. A friend of mine did her Erasmus exchange to Portugal and ate so much fish she developed (a mild case of) mercury poisoning.
I'm sorry but how is that possible? I'm here and I have eaten fish all my life, 50 years of it.
Had bloodwork done a few weeks ago that included count for heavy metals.
No sign of any kind poisoning.
The whole country should have from mild to heavy poisoning by now... And yet they don't.
How do you explain this discrepancy?
How much mercury did your friend had before coming here? How much was it acquired here?
Fish of all kinds is a staple of mediterranean common diet, there should be people dropping left and right...
She was a med student at the time, developed vague symptoms, and the doctors diagnosed her with mild mercury poisoning. She said that she basically subsisted on fish alone, I have no reason to doubt that.
I don’t, I’m retelling a story. I have not aquired her lab results and also didn’t do any sort of testing of heavy metals testing before her departure.
So is wheat, but if one eats nothing else they’ll still develop scurvy.
So your friend moved to Portugal and not only she adopted a Portuguese diet but went beyond and had a 100% fish diet that led to mercury poisoning? Sorry, but I'm also not buying this wild story.
You know there are McDonald's in Portugal as well and fish is far from being the cheapest or more common dish in university canteens in Portugal.