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Table 28.

Average Daily Calcium-Intake for the Marshallese Female Diets
for Normal Conditions

mg Ca
per 100 g@

Food

Intake,
g per day

mp Ca
per day

Fish

20

187

37

Meat

12

168

20

22

27

Breadfruit

.

Pandanus

10

Banana

7

Lobster

45

Milk

5.9

9.2

0.92

0.02

0.001

5.1

2.3

120

274

326

Coconut meat

10

63

63

Coconut fluid

30

142

43

Bread

23

1Q2

23

Rice

10

234

23

Carbonated Drink

gb

338

27

Canned Juices

g>

306

25

Clams

100

8.9

8.9

Crabs

45

3.1

1.4

Potatoes

10

127

Eggs

25

11

215

60

Pancakes

13
6.1
129

Total

700 mg/day

43.R.C. Buchanan, A guide to Pacific Island Dietaries, South Pacific Board

of Health, Sava, Fiji (1947).

DILA.T. Pennington,
Conn. (1976).

Dietary Nutrient Guide, Avi Publishing Co., Westport,

D011 1b2

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