Fish good for the heart even if it’s got mercury
Fish good for the heart even if it’s got mercury
Ingesting mercury found in most fish didn’t cancel the food’s heart-health benefits, says a Harvard study of people’s toenail clippings. Higher mercury exposure didn’t boost the incidence of coronary heart disease, stroke or cardiovascular disease, according to a study from the Harvard Medical School in Boston. The report, published last week in The New England Journal of Medicine, analysed toenails because they are a good indicator of the body’s absorption of mercury over the years, say researchers.
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