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Mexican tea vs. Okra — In-Depth Nutrition Comparison

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Important differences between Mexican tea and okra

  • Mexican tea has more manganese, folate, vitamin B2, calcium, iron, magnesium, and potassium; however, okra has more vitamin C, vitamin B1, and vitamin A.
  • Mexican tea's daily need coverage for manganese is 100% more.
  • Mexican tea has 6 times more vitamin B2 than okra. Mexican tea has 0.348mg of vitamin B2, while okra has 0.06mg.

The food varieties used in the comparison are Epazote, raw and Okra, raw.

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Mineral Comparison

Mineral comparison score is based on the number of minerals by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 86% 83% 56% 71% 63% 30% 37% 5.6% 404% 4.9%
Okra
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Magnesium Magnesium Calcium Calcium Potassium Potassium Iron Iron Copper Copper Zinc Zinc Phosphorus Phosphorus Sodium Sodium Manganese Manganese Selenium Selenium 41% 25% 26% 23% 36% 16% 26% 0.91% 103% 3.8%
Contains more MagnesiumMagnesium +112.3%
Contains more CalciumCalcium +235.4%
Contains more PotassiumPotassium +111.7%
Contains more IronIron +203.2%
Contains more CopperCopper +74.3%
Contains more ZincZinc +89.7%
Contains more PhosphorusPhosphorus +41%
Contains more ManganeseManganese +293.1%
Contains more SeleniumSelenium +28.6%
Contains less SodiumSodium -83.7%

Vitamin Comparison

Vitamin comparison score is based on the number of vitamins by which one or the other food is richer. The "coverage" charts below show how much of the daily needs can be covered by 300 grams of the food.
Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 12% 1% 0% 0% 7% 80% 12% 11% 35% 0% 0% 161% 0%
Okra
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Vitamin C Vit. C Vitamin A Vit. A Vitamin E Vit. E Vitamin D Vit. D Vitamin B1 Vit. B1 Vitamin B2 Vit. B2 Vitamin B3 Vit. B3 Vitamin B5 Vit. B5 Vitamin B6 Vit. B6 Vitamin B12 Vit. B12 Vitamin K Vit. K Folate Folate Choline Choline 77% 12% 5.4% 0% 50% 14% 19% 15% 50% 0% 78% 45% 6.7%
Contains more Vitamin B2Vitamin B2 +480%
Contains more FolateFolate +258.3%
Contains more Vitamin CVitamin C +538.9%
Contains more Vitamin AVitamin A +1100%
Contains more Vitamin B1Vitamin B1 +614.3%
Contains more Vitamin B3Vitamin B3 +56.5%
Contains more Vitamin B5Vitamin B5 +36.9%
Contains more Vitamin B6Vitamin B6 +41.4%
~equal in Vitamin D ~0µg
~equal in Vitamin B12 ~0µg

All nutrients comparison - raw data values

Nutrient Mexican tea Okra DV% diff.
Manganese 3.098mg 0.788mg 100%
Folate 215µg 60µg 39%
Vitamin K 31.3µg 26%
Vitamin C 3.6mg 23mg 22%
Vitamin B2 0.348mg 0.06mg 22%
Calcium 275mg 82mg 19%
Iron 1.88mg 0.62mg 16%
Magnesium 121mg 57mg 15%
Vitamin B1 0.028mg 0.2mg 14%
Potassium 633mg 299mg 10%
Copper 0.19mg 0.109mg 9%
Vitamin B6 0.152mg 0.215mg 5%
Zinc 1.1mg 0.58mg 5%
Phosphorus 86mg 61mg 4%
Vitamin A 3µg 36µg 4%
Protein 0.33g 1.93g 3%
Sodium 43mg 7mg 2%
Vitamin E 0.27mg 2%
Choline 12.3mg 2%
Vitamin B3 0.639mg 1mg 2%
Fiber 3.8g 3.2g 2%
Vitamin B5 0.179mg 0.245mg 1%
Fructose 0.57g 1%
Fats 0.52g 0.19g 1%
Calories 32kcal 33kcal 0%
Carbs 7.44g 7.45g 0%
Net carbs 3.64g 4.25g N/A
Sugar 1.48g N/A
Starch 0.34g 0%
Selenium 0.9µg 0.7µg 0%
Saturated fat 0.026g 0%
Monounsaturated fat 0.017g 0%
Polyunsaturated fat 0.027g 0%
Tryptophan 0.017mg 0%
Threonine 0.065mg 0%
Isoleucine 0.069mg 0%
Leucine 0.105mg 0%
Lysine 0.081mg 0%
Methionine 0.021mg 0%
Phenylalanine 0.065mg 0%
Valine 0.091mg 0%
Histidine 0.031mg 0%

Macronutrient Comparison

Macronutrient breakdown side-by-side comparison
7% 89% 3%
Protein: 0.33 g
Fats: 0.52 g
Carbs: 7.44 g
Water: 89.21 g
Other: 2.5 g
Okra
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2% 7% 90%
Protein: 1.93 g
Fats: 0.19 g
Carbs: 7.45 g
Water: 89.58 g
Other: 0.85 g
Contains more FatsFats +173.7%
Contains more OtherOther +194.1%
Contains more ProteinProtein +484.8%
~equal in Carbs ~7.45g
~equal in Water ~89.58g

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References

All the values for which the sources are not specified explicitly are taken from FDA’s Food Central. The exact link to the food presented on this page can be found below.

  1. Mexican tea - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169398/nutrients
  2. Okra - https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/169260/nutrients

All the Daily Values are presented for males aged 31-50, for 2000-calorie diets.

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