Seafood tips for moms

Just in time for Mother's Day, Oceana asked me to send a message to help other moms make sure to feed their families seafood that's low in mercury. As a mom with a hectic film career, I know it’s hard to keep track of all the advice you hear to keep your kids healthy - but as the spokesperson for Oceana’s Campaign to Stop Seafood Contamination, I’ve learned a thing or two about mercury in fish.

Here are my tips for feeding your kids seafood, which can be part of a healthy diet, without feeding them lots of mercury, a neurotoxin that can be unhealthy at certain levels.

1. Choose low-mercury fish - those that are small and low on the food chain.

2. Limit fish consumption to 12 oz. a week for kids and young women, especially those of us who might consider becoming pregnant.

3. Tell your grocery store to post signs containing the FDA advice about mercury for women of child-bearing age and children at their seafood counters.

4. Choose “chunk light tuna” or canned wild Alaskan salmon over “solid white albacore tuna”. 

5. To help keep all of our kids mercury-free, donate to Oceana’s Campaign to Stop Seafood Contamination or buy their "Mercury-Free Baby" gear. 

Happy Mother's Day!

Amber Valletta
Actress, Model and Mom