Amadeus wrote:
If you want zinc, eat oysters! They are far first place.
Or I'd suggest to try pumpkin seed, sesame , innards, sunflower...

I recall your post about beef not being a top source of zinc.  I was MERELY
QUOTING THE RESEARCHER IN THE ARTICLE!  Some people say meat when they are
refering to a class of foods, flesh foods.  It is possible he meant that.
Liver and other organ meats and dark meat poultry are other possible zinc
sources.

I would not rely on pumpkin seed, sesame ,sunflower seeds...the amount you'd
have to eat to get much zinc is pretty large--not what I consider a
reasonable serving.  Incidentally, when my husband and I were vegans, we ate
those seeds daily....never seemed to bring either of our zinc levels up to a
reasonable level.

Jean A.T. Pennington, Food Values books lists 1 oz. of pumpkin seeds as
having 2.2 mg of zinc.  However, the fiber and phytates in these seeds can
bind with much of the minerals, making better fertilizer than fuel for
zinc-dependent enzyme systems in the body.

As for sesame seeds, 1 Tbsp. contains .82 mg. of zinc.  Here again the fiber
and phytates would bind with much of that.  (The same problem exists for the
calcium in sesame seeds. It's largely bio-unavailable.)

For 1 oz. sunflower seeds, 1.44 mg. zinc.  Fiber and phytates could be a
problem here too.  Sally Fallon (In NOURISHING TRADITIONS) talks about
soakingseeds and nuts in salty water (to inactivate some of the phytates)
then drying in a food dehyrator.  The nuts and pumpkin seeds certainly taste
delicious when prepared this way.   However, some people I've talked to
still find that they cannot eat much quantity of them--yummy as they
are--withotu experiencing gas!  That could limit how much minerals you could
get from them.

Rachel,
(seriously getting back to work now!! :))