The oyster is a light food. She is as skinny as the fish. Even so-called fatty oysters are not rich in lipids, but in glycogen, a reserve sugar. A dozen oysters can replace meat or fish, its proteins being of excellent quality.

 

Recent studies show that oysters are low in cholesterol; three to four times less than meat. The oyster also provides calcium and phosphorus necessary for the construction and maintains our skeleton.

 

Trace elements, zinc, selenium, copper, are part of the panoply of antioxidants that allow us to age well because they help protect our tissues. The panel of trace elements and vitamins offered by oysters makes it an anti-fatigue food.

 

The oyster is particularly recommended for athletes, to help them compensate for the increased mineral losses in iron, zinc and copper in particular.

 

To find out more about the range of Marennes Oléron oysters, we invite you to visit the Marennes Oléron Oysters website: www.huitresmarennesoleron.info/