Nutrition composition of seafoods
Seafoods are high in protein and amazingly low in calories, total fat and saturated fat thou its an animal source! Additionally, seafood is also high in vitamins and minerals.
Nutrients of Fish :
Nutrients of Fish :
- Contains about twenty percent of the high quality proteins of red meat and poultry
- Proteins of high biological value(18-20% of its overall weight )
- Vitamins A and D, found mostly in flesh of an oily fish and liver of a white fish
- Fats ,but mainly poly-unsaturated fats e.g omega-3 fatty acids ---> essential fatty acids that are required for healthy human development, it cannot be produced by the human body and therefore must be obtained through food
- B-group vitamins,namely vitamins B1, B2 and B6 are associated with healthy development of the nervous system
- Minerals such as sodium, chlorine, iodine, potassium and calcium(if eaten with bones e.g ikan bilis and sardines)
- Good source of other minerals such as selenium, zinc, iodine and iron
- Low in sodium
- Low in saturated-fat
Nutrients of Shellfish:
- Proteins of high biological value (around 15%)
- Fats ,but mainly poly-unsaturated fats e.g omega-3 fatty acids ---> essential fatty acids that are required for healthy human development, it cannot be produced by the human body and therefore must be obtained through food
- Minerals such as iron, iodine and calcium.
Here is a table of some types of seafood and its nutritional value:
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