Re: FitDay & Vitamin E and Manganes

[Guest guest]

While I agree manganese is rare in animal foods (mollusks are about the only

decent source) - Just because something is not readily available in the food

supply doesn't mean it is over-rated or unnecessary. Blue mussels

(cooked) contain nearly 100% of the DV per ounce. It would take

significantly more oysters or clams to obtain the same amount of Mn

though...

Seems to me a lot of the foods in NAPD were Mn rich... Rye and Oats at

about 1.5 oz uncooked meets the DV. Wheat isn't far behind. Around 2.5 oz

of coconut meat gives the DV, as does 1 cup of coconut milk (or 5 oz coconut

cream). As these were staple foods for the cultures in NAPD, I'd have a

hard time believing they were not at least meeting the minimum DV for Mn.

-Lana

" There is nothing more useful than sun and salt. " - Latin proverb

On Tue, Aug 12, 2008 at 7:19 AM, <oz4caster@...> wrote:

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> , I suspect that the need for vitamin E decreases with lowering

> of PUFA intake. Most foods that are high in vitamin E are also fairly

> high in PUFA. Manganese is also fairly low in animal foods, which

> tells me that it may also be over-rated. I get most of my manganese

> and vitamin E from a little bit of nitrogen flushed and refrigerated

> wheat germ.

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[Guest guest]

Interesting suggestions, and Lana. Too bad coconut oil does not contain

manganese. I eat scallops and shrimp, but maybe I should switch to mussels. I

will look

into wheat germ.

Wikipedia claims Sanfuastino bottled water has 1.13 mg/L of manganese in it. I

haven't

been able to find confirmation on Sanfuastino's website or other sources.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanfaustino

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> > , I suspect that the need for vitamin E decreases with lowering

> > of PUFA intake. Most foods that are high in vitamin E are also fairly

> > high in PUFA. Manganese is also fairly low in animal foods, which

> > tells me that it may also be over-rated. I get most of my manganese

> > and vitamin E from a little bit of nitrogen flushed and refrigerated

> > wheat germ.

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