Nutritional benefits and heavy metal contents of freshwater fish species from Tonle Sap Lake with SAIN and LIM nutritional score

Freshwater fishes from the Tonle Sap Lake are used in several programs to improve nutritional status of children and pregnant women. Our aim was characterize overall profile heavy metal contents ten freshwater fish species. The lipid ranged 1.4 10.0 g/100 g can be considered rich omega 3. vitamin A content times higher small eaten whole than fillets large fish; same applies Fe Zn contents, but a lesser extent. Mn, As Pb were over maximum permissible levels fishes. According SAIN LIM classification, species belong food groups recommended for health. However, when metals integrated LIM, seven ranked into consume quantities. Globally, most interesting Henicorhynchus siamensis.