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Fact: Many Americans, particularly women of reproductive age and non-meat eaters, have insufficient iron intake.
Fact: Sardines are rich in vitamin B12.
Fact: Sardines do not accumulate concerning levels of mercury because of their small size.
Research: A small Spanish study of older patients with prediabetes linked eating 200g of sardines weekly for a year to reduced blood pressure and increased HDL cholesterol.
Fact: Sardines are an essential part of the Mediterranean diet and are richer in omega-3 fatty acids than many other fish.
Advice: The American Heart Association recommends eating fatty fish at least twice a week for cardiovascular health.
Fact: People who eat fresh sardines typically remove the bones, thus not consuming their calcium.
Fact: Sardines are more commonly consumed from a tin than fresh.
Sardines are rich in nutrients.
Fact: Tinned sardines are eaten whole, including bones softened by the canning process.
Fact: One standard can of sardines contains about 350 milligrams of calcium and 4 micrograms of vitamin D.
Federal law requires the U.S. Export-Import Bank to send Congress a detailed statement for transactions of $100 million or more, but this statement is not published and the bank is not required to disclose if private financing was available.
A 2025 report from the Lowy Institute projected that the world's poorest countries would make a record $22 billion in debt repayments to China in 2025.
A study in The Journal of Economic Perspectives found that Chinese loan contracts often contain confidentiality clauses that prevent the borrower from disclosing the debt's terms or existence.
For transactions under $100 million, the U.S. Export-Import Bank is not required to publish any information.
A 2023 study by Stanford's Center on China's Economy and Institutions found that distressed borrowers constituted 60% of China's overseas lending portfolio.
According to the Green Finance & Development Center at Fudan University, China has spent $1.39 trillion on its Belt and Road Initiative since the program began.
According to the Associated Press, China-based Huawei is estimated to have supplied more than half of the 4G and 5G network infrastructure in Africa.
In 2025, China spent $61.2 billion on developing countries in Africa.
In 2013, China announced its Belt and Road Initiative, a plan to finance infrastructure projects in the developing world.