Keto Carnivore: Piscivore Diet and Mercury

I have been on a piscivore (seafood-based) carnivore diet for two weeks now. A few days ago I got a baseline blood mercury test done. I received the results today!

While all of my other blood test parameters were excellent (besides high LDL, which is understandable since I have genetically diagnosed familial hypercholesterolemia), the mercury was more than twice what is considered a healthy level.

I wonder if it is because I had been eating a swordfish steak most of the week prior to the test? Swordfish is very, very high in mercury. 

I have since decided to eat mollusks and crustaceans and salmon instead. I read that it can take months for blood mercury levels to go down. It helps to do sauna treatments and drink a lot of fluids!

In the meantime I might also take a break from piscivore and go back to lamb for a while. I loved how my digestion felt on piscivore, but perhaps lamb is best for now!

I was happy to see that my kidney health and bone turnover levels were all excellent. Low blood glucose, low triglycerides, high HDL, everything tip-top. Just not good mercury level at the present!

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