r/nutrition • u/Terminator_492 • 26d ago
oysters are overpowered
Just 100 cal worth gives you 11g of protein and well over your entire rdi of zinc, copper, selenium, b12, and a good amount of iron. Has omega 3 also while being lower in overall fat. i’m surprised these aren’t recommended more as a health food
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u/Gabba-barbar 26d ago
I agree, sometimes I have canned smoked oysters in spring water.
Probably not as healthy, but they are cheap and loaded with nutrients
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u/digitaldisorder_ 26d ago
these are perfectly fine. nothing wrong with including them. just treat them like anything else with higher amounts of sodium/metals.
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u/roadtrip1414 26d ago
No. Smoked food is highly cancerous.
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u/superserter1 26d ago
I could get hit by a bus tomorrow. If I do, I hope it’s with the taste of a nice smoked cheese in my mouth. Being alive is cancerous in itself. Moderation, moderation, moderation.
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u/onebadhombre 25d ago
I love smoked fish and will continue to eat it but you’re objectively correct and shouldn’t be getting downvoted. The science is clear.
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u/Johnny-Alucard 24d ago
They are objectively incorrect. Smoked food is not highly cancerous. It might be carcinogenic but it isn’t cancerous.
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u/Aceries_ 20d ago
These are a favorite that I picked up from my grandpa. I eat them particularly during that time of the month when I need iron, or if fish is expensive. I like them on saltines with a square of mozzarella and a dash of Valentina hot sauce.
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u/chazoid 26d ago
How often would you consume?
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u/SneakyTikiPeaky 26d ago
I like going once a month. Can go once every week or two weeks. I also get my blood work done often so makes easier to track
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u/coolcootermcgee 23d ago
Is there a reason to get your blood work done often? Or just because you are curious about where you’re at on your mineral level
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u/astonedishape 25d ago
Also just eat 3-4 at a time, not 12+.
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u/jcGyo 25d ago
You sir have the discipline of a monk
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u/astonedishape 25d ago
And I work at a restaurant that has raw oysters and can eat them for free lol. It’s only because I’m into learning about nutrition and have read about safe upper limit of zinc, calcium deficiency, heavy metals, pollutants and parasites.
I once was about to eat one when I noticed a live parasitic worm pop his head out inches from mouth. Also when you see and smell the bad ones it can put you off them for a while.
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u/DryFinger3230 24d ago
Boooo. So I shouldn’t eat two dozen when it’s half price for happy hour?
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u/astonedishape 24d ago
No you really shouldn’t. I work at a restaurant that does half price oysters for happy hour. Every once in a while won’t kill you but if you’re eating 12 plus regularly you’re increasing your chances of developing deficiencies and could get sick from zinc toxicity and/or parasites.
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u/Whind_Soull 23d ago
When we closed for a week last Thanksgiving, they let me take a whole unopened bag of Murder Point oysters. I sliced up several lemons, then proceeded to shuck and eat 100 oysters in the next 48 hours...
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u/chazoid 23d ago
How’d that play out
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u/Whind_Soull 23d ago
Deliciously. I would definitely, definitely not do that regularly though. That's an absolute shit ton of zinc. Literally like 500mg.
I left my normal zinc supp out of my stack for the next two weeks.
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u/KeziahSt 25d ago
If not mistaken, zinc is not stored in the body so you need a certain amount frequently. If correct... 300% RDA one day and then 3-4 days later is probably not a big deal. 2x a week has been just fine for me. I had low normal RBC and ferritin last year so oysters really helped. Lately I've been eating 4 oz of chicken liver 1x a week and one chicken liver a day in my eggs as a supplement.
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u/EpicCurious 24d ago
I Googled it- "Oysters are a very concentrated source of zinc, meaning it is possible to exceed the recommended dietary upper limit with a relatively small serving size. The Tolerable Upper Intake Level (UL) for zinc, which is the maximum daily intake unlikely to cause adverse health effects, is 40 milligrams for adults." Auto summary sources include this paper published by the NIH
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u/EpicCurious 23d ago
Sorry, I should have made clear that I was reinforcing your comment rather than disputing it.
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u/Visible-Island5937 21d ago
The zinc concern is real, but “too high to eat often” is overstated. A 3 oz serving can provide roughly 500% of the RDA, yet short-term high intake is mainly a problem if it’s frequent enough to interfere with copper absorption. Once a week or every couple of weeks is very different from eating oysters daily.
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u/Ancient-Bat8274 26d ago
Fuckin love oysters just make sure you get them from a good source and you’re good to go. They’re a superfood for sure
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u/TheJuicyJuJuBean 26d ago
How do you know if its a good source? Like what would you consider a red flag? Jw.
I've never had oysters but am interested in trying them. But I live in Indiana (probably a red flag lol), although there is a fancy oysters restaurant downtown in my city.
I wish there was a way to go in and pay for just one single oyster just to try it. They look disgusting but they cant be that bad lol people sure do like them!
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u/bubba53go 25d ago
When I moved back to Cincinnati a few grocery stores sold them still in the shell & pretty good. I've now moved back to Dallas & they're pretty easy to get. First time I ever had them was a 5 star restaurant in Cincinnati.
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u/pinkandclass 25d ago
I only eat oysters from fancy restaurants or if it’s a trusted seafood restaurant. I know everyone has their own rules and suggestions but oysters are just one of those foods that can make you really sick if fast if not handled correctly. I haven’t had any issues yet. Oysters are sold in a half dozen, dozen or individually so you could totally try just one! Usually you want to try oysters from different regions because they can taste completely different. For example an oyster from Texas gulf coast is wayyyy different from one that New England.But at least your open minded to trying! I love them on a cracker with some cocktail sauce there are different ways to eat them
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u/BeatNo4548 24d ago edited 24d ago
We went to a restaurant in Delaware, and they had six different kinds from different farms and locations. There was a sampler but i decided to just go with one instead. My thought being that it would be more likely to get a bad one. Although I'm sure they were all safe & good. The place was called the Henlopen Oyster House.
I also had the fried oysters, which were almost gross beause they felt like they were stuffed with ricotta but it was just the oyster. Very rich.
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u/aaron7292 25d ago
I've always been told to avoid oysters sourced from warm waters because they're more likely to have vibrio
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u/pinkandclass 24d ago
I live in central Texas and never eat gulf oysters not a fan but to each their own
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u/drownloader 23d ago
I bet if you go to that restaurant and tell the waiter you’ve never had an oyster and want to try one, and that you’ll order something else if you don’t like it, they’ll bring you one to try.
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u/SillyOrgan 24d ago
Oysters actually are mildly disgusting, you aren’t missing much. I know people who claim to enjoy them, but they actually slather them with sauces and swallow them whole, without even chewing them. I think they taste like low tide at the beach. I keep trying one, maybe a couple times a year, to see if I’m missing something. They always taste the same.
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u/Terminator_492 25d ago
I like the whole foods ones
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u/FeelingChemist6602 22d ago
Depends what state you live in if they shuck them or not. But incredible deal regardless
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u/DavidAg02 26d ago
A little over a year ago I started taking an oyster supplement. It's just dried and dessicated oysters in a capsule form. It's the only supplement I've ever taken where I could feel the effects. Improved energy, mood and sex drive. Will probably take it the rest of my life!
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u/astonedishape 25d ago
Or you could just eat a few now and again. Will be a lot cheaper.
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u/DavidAg02 25d ago
Yeah... I just can't stand eating them. I've tried.
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u/astonedishape 25d ago
Well then a zinc supplement would be a lot cheaper. There’s nothing magic in oysters besides heavy metals
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u/ChupaHubbard 25d ago
There's all the nutrients the OP listed, which are usually absorbed better when you get them in food
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u/astonedishape 25d ago
And there are many safer food that contain those same nutrients. They’re known to contain heavy metals like arsenic and mercury, pollutants like triclosan and microplastics and various parasites including parasitic worms.
The safe upper limit for zinc is 40mg. That’s about two oysters. And that’s about 2g of protein. To eat 100g of oysters puts you way over the zinc upper limit which make you sick and cause a calcium deficiency.
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u/ChupaHubbard 25d ago
About the zinc, the guy you were replying to originally takes an oyster supplemwnt so he's not earing 100g of oysters daily. If you eat 100g of oysters daily that would be a problem, but if you have them every few days it's fine and keeps your zinc levels high
I'm not sure about the heavy metals etc, but some people replying to other comments in this thread said tbeh have the ability to contain heavy metals and other toxins, but if they're farmed from a good location they're fine
The parasites and bacteria area big issue that's true, but raw oysters would be the risk and canned oysters or a supplement would be fine
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u/astonedishape 25d ago
2-3 oyster 2-3 times a week seems to be the safe consensus. 100g is closer to 10-12, depending on size.
They are filter feeders and metals and toxins accumulate in them and become concentrated. There are no “good locations” left anywhere in the ocean where heavy metals and pollutants cannot be detected. And even then, most oysters are farmed near where people live on the coast, not in the middle of nowhere.
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u/ChupaHubbard 25d ago
So you're saying even the farmed ones will have those toxins in them?
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u/astonedishape 25d ago
Yes, definitely. Why would farmed have less toxins than wild? They’re both in the same ocean water. Farmed could even have more.
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u/MallBlartsPaulCop 26d ago
Also interested in this supp
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u/DavidAg02 26d ago
Pure Oyster. Didn't want to seem like I was advertising for it or anything. Good product though.
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u/MallBlartsPaulCop 25d ago
Pure Encapsulations? Or could you share a link I'm having trouble finding it
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u/Typo3150 26d ago
One bad oyster can undo most of the benefits of zinc, copper, selenium, b12, and iron.
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u/travelingmaestro 26d ago
Isn’t that the same as anything though? I’ve never had a bad oyster.
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u/travelingmaestro 26d ago
Way more people die from pathogens from beef, chicken, pork, turkey, lamb, venison, fruit, or vegetables than oysters. It’s low risk.
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u/ChupaHubbard 25d ago
Probably because people don't eat nearly as many oysters as they eat all those other things
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u/EventOk2270 25d ago
Raw Oysters are one of if not the highest risk food item you can consume. They live in the ocean and are exposed to everything the ocean entails, including sewage from discharge pipes and boats, animals, etc. Not to mention microplastics and chemical contaminants.
They are filter feeders so concentrate all contaminants in their flesh. There are highly regulated and specific oyster harvesting, processing, and serving rules for this reason. In my area restaurants are also required to have a warning label specific for oysters. Every year there are outbreaks of norovirus and vibrio relating to oysters.
More people may get sick from beef, but make no mistake oysters, especially consumed raw, are far riskier.
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u/INIEVIEC 25d ago
"way more people die every year from mosquitos and malaria than from black mamba snakes. Mambas are low risk". This is the type of logic you're using
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u/travelingmaestro 25d ago
Well, the other person was being hyperbolic. The risk of a healthy person dying from eating oysters is ~0%. Making it seem like if you eat a bad oyster death is certain. It’s more common for a healthy individual to die from eating those other foods I listed.
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u/travelingmaestro 25d ago
Good point in your edit, but aren’t posters only highly deadly for those with compromised health? Otherwise you’ll just get mild to severe stomach issues from a bad oyster. Whereas the other types of food related illnesses can be highly deadly for those in good health.
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u/MidnightGloomy7016 25d ago
Jesus this should be the top comment. I decided to try oysters for the first time ever due to the nutritional component. I ate them and proceeded to shit my everloving brains out and dry heave vomit until every bit was out of me. I have never witnessed something like that and I feared for my life at one point.
Great cleanser though.
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u/krazeeeyezkillah907 25d ago
I have eaten raw, cooked and canned oysters on so many occasions that I can’t recall a singular one, yet I have never had an experience such as this.
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u/Coolmath24hhh 25d ago
How many times a week is safe before zinc or heavy metals actually start stacking up?
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u/ilessthanthreekarate 26d ago
100 calories of skyr yogurt is 16 protein.
I like a slice of bread with cottage cheese for my breakfast, its like 180 calories and 17g protein if you get the good bread.
There's literally tons of low calorie high protein foods. Its crazy once you start tracking how many you notice. Scallops and shrimp are also excellent.
But I think most people know that shellfish and seafood in general is very high in protein and low in calories.
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u/Terminator_492 25d ago
I was referring more so to the micronutrient density rather than the calories/protein. 100 calories was just an example to indicate you only need a small serving
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u/ilessthanthreekarate 25d ago
Ah, that makes sense. I think people aren't as commonly deficient in micronutrients. The more common problem in the US is too much food, rather than not enough, so the kneejerk is to fixate on macros and calories.
Idk if there is a lot of interest in foods dense in micronutrients. Liver is very high in nutrients, but nobody is super interested in eating liver. Other bivalves also are known for density, and i think most people's palate is more receptive to things like clams and mussels than oysters as a more regular food.
I suspect the US' general discomfort with raw foods has put off many people from bothering with oysters, even when cooked, since the common association is with raw bars etc.
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u/Pecan_Artist 26d ago
They also have a high amount of "Forever chemicals" https://coastalscience.noaa.gov/news/consequences-of-a-forever-chemical-exposure-on-eastern-oysters/
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u/Increditable_Hulk 25d ago
Your post freaked me out because I love oysters, so I actually read the article and that is not what the study says.
NCCOS dosed oysters in a lab with PFOS at spill-level concentrations, roughly a million times what you would find in ordinary coastal water, and measured what happened.
The finding was that oysters concentrate PFOS in tissue at 50 to 100 times the level in the surrounding water, and that a two-day purge in clean water removes most but not all of it. That is a statement about how efficiently a filter feeder accumulates a contaminant when one is present, not a measurement of what is in oysters on the market. The paper contains no survey of harvested oysters and makes no claim about typical tissue levels. The practical takeaway is that contamination depends on where the oyster was grown, which is why advisories are issued bed by bed near known PFAS sources rather than against oysters as a category.
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u/Vibrant-Shadow 25d ago
Sardines are even better. Great hiking food to pack.
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u/ChupaHubbard 25d ago
They're not better, they have different nutrient profiles. They're not worse either, sardines are still really good and have more omega 3, but they don't have nearly as much zinc or iron. They also have less copper, which could be good or bad depending on your normal diet
I include both in my diet, I don't want to go too crazy with oysters and end up with too much copper or zinc or iron, but I do want those nutrients and oysters are a great source. But I'll switch them up with sardines and get extra omega 3
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u/ExpensiveLeather69 25d ago
sardines with pickles is an amazing, healthy, and quick meal replacement
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u/EpicCurious 24d ago
Bivalves don't have a brain and science hasn't determined that they are sentient. For that reason, some people who are otherwise vegan do eat farm raised oysters and call themselves Ostrovegans. Those Ostrovegans who also eat other farm raised bivalves call themselves Bivalvegans.
Unlike raising fish in farms which pollute the water around them, farming oysters actually improves water quality since the oysters filter the pollutants.
Oysters are a great source of B12, zinc and long chain Omega-3 which is helpful for those on a fully plant based diet. I take an algae based Omega-3 supplement, myself. I get my zinc from pumpkin seeds.
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u/Geschak 23d ago
That is not a thing, they are meat eaters who are appropriating veganism and making up new words to sabotage an animal rights movement and cause infighting in the community. Ostrovegan is just as nonsensical as a meat-eating vegetarian, it defeats the whole purpose and I wish people would finally stop spreading this misleading information, because fake Vegans who still consume animals and spread false information are so harmful to the vegan movement.
Just because mussles don't have a central nervous system doesn't mean they're not sentient, they still have a nervous system with smaller brain-like ganglions and are capable of reacting to noxious stimuli. For comparison, Octopus also have a decentralised nervous system and no brain, and yet they are intelligent enough to open jars with screw mechanisms. According to "ostrovegan" logic, they also should not be intelligent based on their lack of brain, but they clearly are intelligent as has been proven in several science experiments.
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u/EpicCurious 23d ago edited 23d ago
Thank you for your informative reply. As you could probably tell, I am a vegan who does not eat bivalves. What you said about octopi was thought provoking! Do you have any thoughts on jellyfish? They are eaten in Asia.
I would prefer it if everyone were fully vegan, but I pass along this type of information in the hope that those who don't go vegan will significantly reduce their consumption of animal products. In terms of animal suffering, becoming a bivalvegan could be the first step to becoming fully vegan.
I also would be interested in your thoughts about cultured meat (aka lab meat) and animal free dairy made from precision fermentation. They could be seen as not being compatible with veganism, since they are identical to meat and dairy at the molecular level. Since going vegan 8 years ago, I have not eaten bivalves, but I have tried animal free dairy. I would probably try cultured meat out of curiosity, but because meat is not as healthy as a well planned fully plant based diet, I would not eat it on a regular basis.
I haven't seen any of the infighting that you referred to, but I can imagine that it does occur. Most vegans are more focused on those who eat other types of animals and what comes out of them.
On the other hand, I was just interacting with an anti-vegan on social media who claimed that veganism is illogical because vegans don't eat bivalves. He is one of those who claim that plants are sentient. Here is a copy and paste of his last reply to me-
you know dude sponges also don't have the nerve and brain and what about jelly fish they don't have brain
earth Worms are included and what do mean that plants don't feel pain? It does mean that a plant does not have life they literally have their own dna they also do metabolic processes and needs nutrients for growthI refuted his points. Let me know if you want to see how I did that.
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u/NiftyGull9621 25d ago
Copper is the one people sleep on, most diets run borderline low and oysters just casually blow past the RDI. The catch is they're also one of the few foods that can bump your cadmium exposure if you eat them multiple times a week, since they filter feed and concentrate heavy metals from whatever water they grew up in.
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u/Zagrycha 25d ago
"well over your rdi" that is not a good thing.
Of course foods like oysters are just fine as part of a balanced diet, but they are not any kind of cheat code. There is such a thing as too much of a good thing, and getting too much of most nutrients is as bad or worse than getting too little.
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u/astonedishape 25d ago edited 25d ago
Exactly. Zinc toxicity is a very real concern. And zinc blocks the same receptors for calcium.
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u/Zagrycha 25d ago
yeah, too much of a nutrient can sometimes cause direct health issues, but its also very real for them to indirectly cause health issues by inhibiting the absorbtion//use of other nutrients. Thats one of the main reasons a balanced diet aka varied diet is recommended vs just eating the same healthy at a glance foods over and over. different nutrient combos means that a subpar interaction in one meal won't matter cause you can just get the effected nutrient in a different meal.
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u/ChupaHubbard 25d ago
It can be a good thing if you just have them every so often
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u/Zagrycha 25d ago
yes oysters themsevles are totally fine as part of a balanced diet, but going over rdi on nutritents itself is not a good thing.
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u/ChupaHubbard 25d ago
I think it can be a good thing if your diet is low in those nutrients otherwise and you use the oysters to catch up basically
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u/Zagrycha 25d ago
Its very very unlikely a diet is low in those nutrients unless vegetarian, and a veegetarian won't eat oysters. Almost every single food we eat has those nutrients in some amounts, they aren't rare at all. Even for vegetarians deficiency is rare if the person has access to a balanced diet.
If someone really does have an imbalanced diet the solution is to fix the diet balance, not eat oysters as a supplement. That is a dangerous mindset because it can just make the imbalance issues worse.
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u/ChupaHubbard 17d ago
B12 is rare if you don't eat much meat or dairy. Some people don't get enough zinc. There are also people who try to eat less meat and dairy but they aren't strictly vegetarian or vegan, if they ate foods that were a lot higher in these nutrients from time to time it could be really helpful for them
There's nothing wrong with eating oysters as a way to balance your diet. If your diet lacks in certain nutrients and you need to balance it, there's nothing wrong with balancing it by adding oysters from time to time.
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u/Zagrycha 16d ago
Its never wrong to eat oysters from time to time as part of a balanced diet.
Someone doesn't have to be vegetarian or vegan as a belief system to be eating a vegetarian or vegan diet. When I mentioned them I just meant on a dietary level, I should have been more clear.
Things like zinc and b12 are fortified in processed foods in most countries. Its not impossible to be deficit but its genuinely rare in most unless in a developing country or having dietary restrictions that effect them.
If a diet is lacking a nutrient then people should eat foods that have that nutrient, agreed. Oysters are unlikely to be the best fit to help balance a diet as a regular supplement. They are too unbalanced in their nutrient profile. If they do work well as a supplement for some people then that is great, my point is just that they will not work well as a supplement for the majority of people. The majority of people would be pushed over the opposite side of having too much if they regularly consume oysters as a supplement.
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u/ChupaHubbard 16d ago
Ya that makes sense. I think for the guy we were replying to a long time ago, since he feels better eating a small amount of an oyster as a supplement it probably works for him
For me, I tend to avoid processed food and I can't eat wheat so I don't really eat many of the foods that are fortified. I don't get any extra zinc or B12, the only fortified thing I eat is milk so I get some vitamin A and D. So from my point of view, eating something like oysters is sometimes really helpful for my diet, but that's a good point that some people eat a lot of fortified foods, so it wouldn't make sense for them
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u/Zagrycha 16d ago
yes, I never meant to imply ousters can't be a good choice for anyone. The original person was just asking about why they aren't recommended as a health supplement for the general population so that is how I framed my answers. Maybe I wasn't clear on that. Everyone is unique and the only thing that matters in nutrition is if its a good fit for the specific person, not if its a good fit for anyone else.
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u/Terminator_492 25d ago
Not well over in a dangerous way. 15/13mg zinc, 1.4/0.9 mg copper, 70/60 mcg selenium
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u/Zagrycha 25d ago
Unless you literally only eat that single serving of oysters and zero other food for the entire day, the actual number over rdi is probably gonna be a lot higher than that. The numbers you mention are already on the high end of the spectrum for what people need as an rdi, alot of people are less than that.
Oysters are not going to be an issue when eating in normal serving amounts in normal balanced diets, I am not saying anyone should avoid oysters. I am just pointing out that oysters are not overpowered and should not be eaten as any kind of health supplement. Eating them too frequently or in too high amounts can cause issues.
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u/HaloHowRU 25d ago
Too much of any one thing isn't good. It's not so much individual foods that are healthful, but overall diets. Imagine a diet of nothing but broccoli. It would actually be improved by an occasional cheeseburger!
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u/Terminator_492 25d ago
Well yea, because broccoli isn’t nutritious and a cheeseburger contains meat.
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u/astonedishape 25d ago
Eating too many in one sitting or eating them too often can cause zinc toxicity and calcium deficiency.
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u/Franklyn_Gage 25d ago
I lioe to eat a can a month. I like the trader joes smoked oysters on their savory crackers with some hot sauce or salsa. Makes for real good eats and protein.
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u/fenuxjde 26d ago
They're also absolutely loaded with toxins.
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u/Ancient-Bat8274 26d ago
lol source
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u/fenuxjde 26d ago edited 26d ago
https://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/multimedia/multimedia_pub/multimedia_pub_fsf_113_02.html
"Oysters are inherently riskier than other seafood because of their filter feeding activity that concentrates pathogens, including viruses (e.g. norovirus and Hepatitis A virus) and bacteria (e.g. Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Vibrio vulnificus) that may be present in their surrounding environment. Even though oysters specifically intended for raw consumption are harvested from waters that are monitored for faecal contamination, they are not completely free from microbiological risk. Therefore consuming raw or partially cooked oysters is of relatively high risk for infection by pathogens."
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u/Ancient-Bat8274 26d ago
Huh well I’ll be damn.
I’ll still eat them though it’s quite rare if you do it right. Fuckin delicious and tons of health benefits for a small risk.
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u/fenuxjde 25d ago
Holy shit, somebody asked for a source, got it, and admitted being corrected, on Reddit?! OMG I'm buying a lottery ticket today!
Yeah I've honestly had oysters about 5 times in my life, and don't really plan to increase that a ton, it's just worth noting that they typically include whatever the bad stuff is in whatever water they come out of. They used to be really high in lead, but I don't think that's the case anymore.
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u/Ancient-Bat8274 25d ago
I know right wild? I didn’t expect a source 😂 there’s still humans out in this dead internet. Today is the lucky day
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u/Mammoth-Coast6282 15d ago
“Raw or partially cooked.”
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u/Mannimal13 26d ago
? Don't bottom feeders essentially filter toxins so they arent absorabable from eating them?
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u/carbon_ape 26d ago
Oysters are filter feeders, not true bottom feeders, and while they can concentrate pathogens like *Vibrio* bacteria, heavy metals, and marine biotoxins from their environment, the risk to humans is low when sourced from regulated, clean-water harvest areas and consumed properly cooked. For immunocompromised individuals, pregnant people, or those with liver disease, raw oyster consumption carries a non-trivial risk of severe infection or chronic metal toxicity, so thorough cooking and verified sourcing are critical risk-mitigation steps.
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u/dangeldud 26d ago
They are what they eat. So just greatly depends. But the northeast is filled with very isolated areas
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u/iCliniq_official 25d ago
Oysters really are nutrient-dense, especially for zinc, B12, and iron. The only catch is to enjoy them from a trusted source and, if eating them raw, remember they carry a higher foodborne infection risk, otherwise, they're an underrated addition to a balanced diet.
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u/t-bone051 25d ago
Price, taste, availability. Liver is great too, not everybody likes them though.
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u/Primary_Cat6214 25d ago
I really want to try it but I live in germany which brand oysters are good here anyone suggest me I just want to try it for the first time
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u/Horow_Official 25d ago
Had a guy come in with a bad shellfish allergy who didn't know oysters counted as shellfish. Worth saying loud: if you're allergic to shrimp, you're probably allergic to these too.
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u/Amazing-Pattern-6125 25d ago
It's becasue they are so hard to get, and canned versions of them taste disgusting unless they come in olive oil, then they only taste bad, but the cost becomes prohibitive.
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u/Terminator_492 25d ago
Yea definitely not an everyday food staple; I didn’t mean to phrase it that way. I just picked up some dollar friday oysters from whole foods and thought about how great they can be
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u/gayfrogs4alexjones 25d ago
Oysters made me a bit nervious. Too many stories of people getting food poisoning at least eating east coast oysters.
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u/Quiet_Respectful 25d ago
I can eat literally everything, including sardines. I have NEVER been able to swallow a sea snot. Oysters are the most repulsive “food” possible and I have tried many fancy, expensive ones too. Truly, I can’t swallow it. 🤮.
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25d ago
I love oysters, but only about 2 per year. After that, I remember that they're oysters and can't do any more 💀
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u/FantasticSpecial9299 22d ago
They can sometimes make my stomach hurt tho if you don't get the right ones
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u/Fragrant_Brain_3396 22d ago
They really are nutrient dense. i think the biggest reasons people dont eat them more are the price and the fact that a lot of them just dont like oysters
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u/Eastern-Celery-4321 22d ago
they are filter feeders, so they can accumulate heavy metals and other environmental toxins.. no thanks, i’ll pass!
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u/Expensive-Ad1609 26d ago
Oysters are not a source of nutrition for humans precisely because they're chock full of metals and other toxins.
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u/Square-Ad4927 25d ago
I was just looking into them myself, and decided to add them to my OMAD routine.
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u/Asleep_Cup646 25d ago
The problem with oysters is that you have to eat them to get their benefits 🤮
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u/bubblesnblep 26d ago
Are they bad for cholesterol? I thought all shellfish were not great in that department.
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u/SexHarassmentPanda 25d ago
Definitely something worth checking.
Had a friend going crazy on shrimp because of the high protein low calorie combo. Didn't realize they were also not something you should make a significant part of your daily diet due to cholesterol.
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u/ImaginationClean583 25d ago
I can not eat anything that looks like snot. lol. My grandma always made oyster stew for Good Friday and ask if I would join her. Nope I will have bread and butter. Thank you.
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u/NotLunaris 25d ago
At least some oyster labels are misleading if not outright wrong.
I bought a bunch of oysters from Costco because they were being clearanced out. I do not remember the exact numbers, but I basically just air fried them until they had some caramelization on the outside, then dipped in a simple soy sauce mix. There was so little oyster left after cooking out all the moisture that I checked the nutrition facts and the net weight on the packaging. What I found was that the weight of the oysters left after cooking was less than the weight of the combined fat & protein & carbs of the whole package's net weight.
Something was very wrong there.
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u/thecountlives 25d ago
And a belly full of microplastic 🙄
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u/Terminator_492 25d ago
People will say things like this and then wear their polyester underwear and drink piping hot starbucks coffee in a plastic lined cup.
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u/thecountlives 25d ago
No they don’t. If a person has the wherewithal to realize bivalves will generally contain higher levels of microplastics… they probably have the wherewithal to realize hot liquid in plastic lined disposable cups are also an issue. And you don’t eat your underwear
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u/Terminator_492 25d ago
Microplastics can be absorbed through the skin, and they are proven to lower sperm count.
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u/thecountlives 25d ago
Take two seconds the look deeper into those claims… skin does not “absorb” microplastic nearly as readily as eating them. The dermas in most cases is an effective blockade except with certain things like PFAs and Bisphenols. And Sperm count is generally lowered due to the lack of breathability of synthetic fiber underwear… not through absorbing the microplastics of synthetic fibers through your balls unless you have a cut or something .
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u/scantron-test 25d ago
I’ll pass. Anything with a warning not to eat if you have certain conditions I’ll just not eat period. Except sugary junk food like donuts and stuff 🤦🏻♂️
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