Nourish Your Body: 6 Zinc-Rich Foods for Vibrant Health

Oysters (raw):  32mg/2oz, or 291% DV – Blue crab (Cook): 3.2mg/3oz, or 29% DV – Shrimp (cooked):  1.4mg/3oz,or13% DV – Sardines (canned and drained): 1.1mg/3oz, or 10%DV

Beef (bottom sirloin, roasted):  3.8 mg per 3 oz, or 35% of the DV

crucial role in providing significant quantities of zinc

Pumpkin seeds (roasted):  2.2 mg/oz, or 20% DV  – Hemp seeds (hulled):  2.9mg/3 TSP, or 26%DV  – Pine nuts: 1.8/oz, or about 16% DV – Pecans: 1.3mg/oz, or about 12% DV6 – Chia seeds: 1.3 mg per 1 oz, or 12% of the DV7 – Brazil nuts: 1.2 mg per 1 oz, or about 11% of the DV6

Fortified cereals: Zinc-rich breakfast! 🥣

These cereals can provide a range of 20 to 100% of the daily value (DV) for zinc

Chicken & turkey: Zinc, B6, B12! 🍗

Turkey breast (roasted):  1.5mg/3oz, or 14% of the DV1 – Rotisserie chicken thigh: 1.4 mg per thigh, or 13% of the DV

Shiitake mushrooms: Zinc-rich fungi! 🍄

1 cup = 1.9 mg of zinc or 18% zinc! DV 🍄

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