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NUTRITIONAL QUALITY …Vitamin D is essential for bone health and for many other vital functions. Although it is important to introduce it through food, our body is able to produce most of the vitamin D it needs and activate it through exposure to the sun. DID YOU KNOW THAT… Which nutritional properties do seafood products have? They are in the protein-rich food group ( including meat, eggs, dairy products, and legumes) that must be alternated at mealtimes for a healthy and balanced diet. In particular, fish and seafood products are: • a source of high-quality proteins which are more easily digestible than that from land-dwelling animals; • rich in Omega-3 , especially oily fish (e.g. sardines, herring, anchovies, skipjack, mackerel, etc.). To learn about Omega-3, read Prof. Ripley’s explanation; • rich in numerous vitamins , especially those of the B group . Oily fish are also a source of vitamin D ; • a source of iodine and selenium , especially fish and molluscs. Fish, especially sardines, are also a source of calcium . Seafood products have a good iron content, although it is less absorbable by our body than that from meat. Bivalve molluscs, like mussels, have a very high iron content, but it is only partially usable by our body; • foods suitable for who follows a low saturated fat diet. Omega-3 are polyunsaturated fatty acids which are “essential” for our body: i.e. indispensable substances which must be introduced through the diet because the body is unable to “manufacture” them. Omega-3 help prevent various chronic diseases: they have an anti-inflammatory effect, and help reduce cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood (which, if in excess, are harmful to the heart). FOR THE CURIOUS DISCOVERING SEAFOOD PRODUCTS LET’S LEARN TO EAT WELL 45