Dr RR Baliga's "Got Knowledge Doc" Podkast

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💊 Food as Medicine—from Beneath the Waves

💊 Food as Medicine—from Beneath the Waves5 Sept2 min

🦪 Small Creatures, Mighty Nutrition, Global Impact

Could aquatic invertebrates help close the global micronutrient gap? 🌊 A fascinating Nature study finds that current production supplies the equivalent annual requirements of vitamin B12 and selenium for >5 billion people—and copper, omega-3 fatty acids, iodine and zinc for >1 billion. 🦐

💡 Bivalves are particularly rich in iron, iodine, zinc and B12. But nutrition on paper is not nutrition on the plate: sustainability, safety, access, affordability and bioavailability matter.

Tiny creatures. Enormous nutritional potential. 🌍