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Seafood
Moderate evidence100 g holds 82 kcal, 14.9 g of protein and only 1.04 g of fat, with 20.0 µg of vitamin B12 (833% of the requirement), 44.8 µg of selenium and 5.3 mg of iron. The old warning about cholesterol does not survive contact with the randomised evidence on dietary cholesterol.

Seafood
Moderate evidenceKoreans take three times more iodine from kelp broth than from kelp itself: 348 µg a day against 116 µg. Fishing the kelp back out does not take the iodine with it.

Seafood
22.8 g of protein, 1.7 g of fat and 49.5 µg of selenium per 100 g. Even at 300 g a day, lipoprotein ratios did not worsen.

Seafood
Moderate evidencePer 100 g it carries 15.6 g of protein and only 1.38 g of fat. Cholesterol is high at 233 mg — but in a shrimp trial, what mattered more was the rest of the meal.

Seafood
Moderate evidence13.7 µg of vitamin B12 per 100 g — more than five times the daily reference. Omega-3 is 1.57 g, behind only salmon and mackerel.

Seafood
Moderate evidence382 mg of calcium, 4.8 µg of vitamin D and 0.98 g of omega-3 per 100 g of tinned sardines. Being a small fish, it also carries little mercury.

Seafood
Moderate evidenceMore vitamin D than salmon — 15.9 µg against 11 µg. But under a third of the omega-3.

Seafood
Moderate evidence100 g of oysters carries 16.6 mg of zinc — one and a half times an adult's daily requirement. Almost no other natural food comes close.

Seafood
Moderate evidenceOne portion covers a large share of your weekly omega-3 and delivers vitamin D — a nutrient almost no other food supplies in useful amounts.