The largest species of tuna tend to have more of these toxins accumulate in them - chunk lite is usually safest.” See, tuna is a predatory fish, and it collects mercury, plastic and toxins from the various other fish in its diet. Looks like even after we escape from our broken world, we can’t escape from constant reminders of how we broke it.ģ) Canned Tuna : Hunnes says canned tuna comes next, because it’s “frequently saltier than sardines and salmon, and depending on the type of tuna, would have more mercury and plastic residue than other fish. “ There’s a lot of plastic in the oceans, and that makes me wary of any fish,” she says. Omega-3s, meanwhile, help prevent heart disease. Now let’s rank some canned meats - quick, before the world ends …ġ) Canned Sardines and Salmon (tied): Hunnes says these are the healthiest of the bunch, “since they rarely have too much added sodium, unless the sardines are in a sauce, and they at least have healthy omega-3s in them.” One can of Bumble Bee sardines has 310 milligrams of sodium, and one can of StarKist salmon has 200 milligrams, neither of which are that much - the American Heart Association recommends consuming no more than 2,300 milligrams per day, and in an ideal world, most adults should have no more than 1,500 milligrams. But the world is ending, so canned food is our only option, and we’re just going to have to roll with it. Unfortunately, that extreme heating process also negatively affects the taste, texture and sometimes - but not always - even the nutritional value of the food. Then, since the can is airtight and the food in the can is completely sterile, it simply doesn’t spoil (for a good couple of years, at least). Then again, what good is a doomsday bunker if the only food you have is going to result in a quick case of heart disease, diabetes or any other form of general malnutrition that will inevitably result in a prompt and painful death? No good! So I asked Dana Hunnes, senior dietitian at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, to help me rank a whole bunch of canned meats by how unhealthy they are - from “could keep you alive and well in a bunker” to “I should have just gone extinct with the rest of the animals.”įirst, though, a quick lesson on why canning keeps things from spoiling : What happens is, the food is exposed to high temperatures, either before or after the can is sealed, to kill all the bacteria. And what better way to do just that than by hoarding a whole bunch of canned meat, since we can go ahead and kiss fresh, living animals goodbye ? Climate change continues to force its filthy, polluted hands around the necks of Earth and its people, and since our world leaders refuse to listen, now seems like as good a time as any to start working on stocking your doomsday/coronavirus bunker.
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