Re: Whole Baby Clams Versus Sardines

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 12:31:50 -0500, "George Cherry"
<GWCherryHatesGreenEggsAndSpam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Does anyone have an answer to the question at
>the end of this post?
>
>George W. Cherry
>
>Whole Baby Clams Versus Sardines
>
>My comparison is based on the nutrition labels
>on Geisha Whole Baby Clams (142 g drained) and
>Brunswick Sardines in Spring Water--no salt
>added (106 g).
>
>To make sense of the comparison I normalize by
>100 calories.
>
>Protein:
> clams: 20g/125cal = 16g/100cal
> sardines: 20g/140cal = 14g/100cal
>
>Calcium:
> clams: 20%DV/125cal = 16%DV/100cal
> sardines: 21%DV/140cal = 15%DV/100cal
>
>Cholesterol:
> clams: 62.5mg/125cal = 0.5mg/100cal
> sardines: 115mg/140cal = 0.8mg/100cal
>
>Iron:
> clams: 100%DV/125cal = 80%DV/100cal
> sardines: 12%DV/140cal = 8.6%DV/100cal
>
>Sat. Fat:
> clams: 1.25g/125cal = 1g/100cal
> sardines: 1.5g/140cal = 1g/100cal
>
>I suppose it's not surprising that these two
>seafoods are so comparable: they are both low
>on the food chain. The most remarkable differ-
>ence is that the whole baby clams have over
>nine times as much iron per calorie as sardines
>(which is the main reason I prefer the clams
>to the sardines--I am somewhat anemic and my
>hemoglobin is chronically low).
>
>How about omega-3 fatty acid, which is the main
>nutritional reason to eat fish. The sardine
>wrapper explicitly states that the contents
>provide 1.2g omega-3 fatty acid per serving
>(140 calories). The clams (entire can, 125
>calories) have 2.5g of unsaturated fat). How
>much of this is omega-3 fatty acid? I don't
>know. Do you? Please post if you know.
>

Go to:

http://www.truehaus.net/food/ where you can look it up.

Clams don't have much though.

Ora
.