Comments on: Jeremy Piven Overdosed on Sushi

By: meself

meself — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:53:30 +0000

holy shit,
i eat sushi alot. :O

… yes that was my comment

By: jennatar

jennatar — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 03:18:38 +0000

I had sushi three times this week! I hope I get cancer THREE TIMES

By: yeayea

yeayea — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 15:50:44 +0000

um it is if you have two brain cells and understand the mercury content of fish, especially raw fish.

You must be one of the dumb ones who cant understand that.

By: Delaney

Delaney — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:18:42 +0000

I haven’t heard of someone od’ing on sushi, but I heard an interesting story.

This dude got out of prison and he took his best friend and his girlfriend out to celebrate his regained freedom, and drank alot and decided to go to a sushi bar. When the sushi came, they started eating and the dude started complaining to the waiter about the sushi not being fresh – all the while in a drunken rage infront of the chefs. Then he walked over to a fish tank they had for decoration, and reached in and pulled out a fish declaring, “Now THIS is fresh fish!” And he gulped said little fishy down.

About less than two minutes later, he fell to the floor, dead. Turned out the fish he grabbed was a fugu fish. Aka, the japanese puffer fish that sushi is made from in a special way because of the poison sacks contained and they have to be cut in a certain way. Japanese chefs even have to have a license to serve the fish.

But yeah, Beet, just thought you’d like to know that’s the only fish death i ever heard of.

By: Persistent Cat

Persistent Cat — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 19:59:53 +0000

I’ve been to Japan. Sushi is not what they eat 24/7.

By: Just Saying

Just Saying — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:13:21 +0000

The blow just makes you think up other things that could be toxic to your system.

By: wtf chuck?!

wtf chuck?! — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:56:55 +0000

Japanese people is a bit on the vague side. However, although sushi is considered a Japanese staple, as someone else said, not all fish used in sushi are high in mercury content, or likely to be high in mercury content. You’re looking at things like tuna, salmon, swordfish, the closer to the apex-predatory fish that tend to have the high mercury levels, because they get it from all the fish *they* eat. A tiny bit adds up pretty quickly when it’s in everything you eat. Plus, not all sushi actually has fish, raw or cooked, in it. I spent a few years as a child in Okinawa, and my mom still makes sushi on occasion, but rarely does she use fish. It’s usually vegetarian when she makes it. And no, we’re most definitely not a vegan or vegetarian family. It’s just what she likes to make.

That said. Piven? Drugs of some or multiple flavors? That wouldn’t be unsurprising.

By: wtf chuck?!

wtf chuck?! — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:51:03 +0000

Pending how much of it you eat at a time, that it is. 2-3 servings per week *is* pretty much the cap of how often you should eat the larger predatory fish like salmon and tuna. But keep in mind, an actual servings is right about the size of a computer mouse or deck of cards, so it’s not uncommon to get 2-3 servings in a single portion at a restaurant.

By: wtf chuck?!

wtf chuck?! — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:48:13 +0000

Yeah. What tess said. It’s part of why pregnant women are advised to stay away from most sushi, or at least eat it pretty seldom during pregnancy and breastfeeding.

By: quirkygirlkitten

quirkygirlkitten — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:18:35 +0000

^^^ jeremy piven, i mean. i have no idea how much cocaine the japanese do.

By: quirkygirlkitten

quirkygirlkitten — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:17:18 +0000

so do the japanese people have high levels of mercury? i think more like high levels of blow.

By: Persistent Cat

Persistent Cat — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 13:14:23 +0000

Very valid point.