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Table 3 Suggested food items divided by food category and composition values (per 100 g)

From: The relationship between consumption of tyrosine and phenylalanine as precursors of catecholamine at breakfast and the circadian typology and mental health in Japanese infants aged 2 to 5 years

Category

Dishes

Foods

Weight (g)

Energy (kcal)

Protein (g)

Tryptophan (mg)

Vitamin B6 (mg)

Phenylalanine (mg)

Tyrosine PI (mg)

Carbohydrate

 

Rice

100

168

2.5

36

0.02

138

105

  

Bread

100

264

9.3

96

0.03

461

238

  

Noodles

100

105

2.6

28

0.01

141

77

  

Cereal

100

381

7.8

41

0.04

411

287

Main dish

Meat

Meat

100

142

21.6

259

0.41

884

754

  

Processed meat

100

321

13.2

143

0.10

506

401

 

Fish

Fish

100

158

28.9

327

0.37

1137

976

  

Dried fish

100

187

30.1

262

0.15

868

749

 

Eggs

Eggs

100

151

12.3

184

0.08

629

511

 

Soybeans

Fermented beans

100

200

16.5

242

0.24

866

693

  

Tofu

100

72

6.6

100

0.05

369

277

  

Soy milk

100

64

3.2

47

0.05

173

134

Side dish

Vegetable

Brightly colored vegetables

100

29

1.4

20

0.13

51

33

  

Other vegetable

100

23

1.0

8

0.10

24

15

 

Roots

Potatoes

100

104

1.4

17

0.23

66

35

 

Seaweed

Seaweed

100

188

41.4

510

0.59

1523

1324

 

Soup

Soybean soup

100

192

12.5

140

0.11

678

459

Others

Fruits

Vegetables

100

67

0.7

6

0.20

21

6

 

100% juice

100% vegetable juice

100

17

0.6

0

0.06

0

0

  

100% vegetable & fruit juice

100

43

0.5

1

0.05

3

1

  

Fruit juice

100

30

0.6

0

0.05

1

1

 

Mild and processed milk

Milk

100

67

3.3

42

0.03

155

124

  

Cheese

100

67

4.3

57

0.02

208

195

  

Yogurt

100

71

1.1

11

0.00

50

37

 

Others

Coffee

100

4

0.2

0

0.00

0

0

  

English tea

100

1

0.1

0

0.01

0

0

  

Green tea

100

2

0.2

0

0.01

0

0

  

Other drink

100

51

0.0

0

0.00

0

0