Re: whole shrimp data?/river snail calcium blowout?

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> Also, if you want the calcium content of shrimp without shells,

check out

> the danish equivalent of the USDA database:

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> general database: http://www.foodcomp.dk/fcdb_namesearch.asp

> shrimp w/out shell:: http://www.foodcomp.dk/fcdb_details.asp?

FoodId=0218

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> Suze Fisher

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curiously the calcium content is about twice as much as the USDA

data, so the USDA must be for shrimp without the shell too, and there

must be considerable variation based on size, species, etc. even

without the shell they are good calcium sources, so with the shell

they must be excellent sources. together with the vit D, whole

shrimp would appear to be a truly first-rate food, to say nothing of

their great flavor and convenience.

here's an interesting find:

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The river snail:

live in the lake, the pond, the paddy field and the small stream. The

river snail could be fished throughout the four seasons of the year.

[ the composition of the nutrition]

Every 100 grams of the meat of the river snail contain the quantity

of heat 251 kJ, the protein 11.0g, the fat 0.2 g, the carbohydrate

3.6g, the ash 3.2 g, the vitamine B1 0.02mg, the riboflavin 0.20mg,

the vitamine E 1.57mg, the potassium 21 mg, the sodium 13.0 mg, the

calcium 2458 mg, the magnesium 147 mg, the iron 9.0 mg, the manganese

0.42mg, the zinc 6.17 mg, the copper 2.14 mg, the phosphorus 118 mg,

the selenium 12.46mg, etc.

The calcium content of the river snail is very abundant, second only

to the shrimp shell.

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if that data is correct, it's by far the highest calcium content of

any food i've seen data for. i'm skeptical...

i bet this is a type of food eaten early in human evolution...

the USDA data for snails shows them as very poor calcium sources

(10mg/90cal).

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

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> the USDA data for snails shows them as very poor calcium sources

> (10mg/90cal).

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> Mike

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oooh! when i sent my message i didn't notice the Mg content in the

USDA snail data!!! wow, it's 2.78mg/cal!!! that's higher than

everything else i've seen data for except swiss chard, beet greens,

kelp, alaria, spinach, and irishmoss! this is definitely an angle to

pursue in the Mg story...

will the real nutritional data please stand up?

Mike

SE Pennsylvania

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> Every 100 grams of the meat of the river snail contain the quantity

> of heat 251 kJ, the protein 11.0g, the fat 0.2 g, the carbohydrate

> 3.6g, the ash 3.2 g, the vitamine B1 0.02mg, the riboflavin 0.20mg,

> the vitamine E 1.57mg, the potassium 21 mg, the sodium 13.0 mg, the

> calcium 2458 mg, the magnesium 147 mg, the iron 9.0 mg, the

manganese 0.42mg, the zinc 6.17 mg, the copper 2.14 mg, the

phosphorus 118 mg, the selenium 12.46mg, etc.

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BTW, if this data is correct, this is an amazing source of Mg and Zn

too!! also nice Mg:P ratio. but the Ca content shown is really too

high... I will definitely look into this...

Mike

SE Pennsylvania