I like to eat snake meat, what s the harm?

Snake meat is one of the favorite wild animals in Guangdong, Hong Kong and other places, and China is also the world's largest consumer of snake meat, consuming more than 10,000 tons of snake meat every year, so China's snakes may face extinction, so many animal protection organizations condemn this cruel behavior. Cantonese people have been eating snake meat since ancient times, because they believe that eating wild animals can replenish their health. Snake meat is often eaten in snake soup, boiled, or grilled.

During the SARS epidemic, the number of people in Guangdong, Hong Kong and other places who eat snake meat has decreased. Due to the large demand for snake meat in Guangdong and other places, and China's relatively backward laws on wildlife protection, snake smuggling is also particularly rampant in China. It is not uncommon for people to eat unclean snake meat, which causes long white parasites to appear in the brain.

One of the earliest cases of SARS in China was a butcher seller selling snake and chicken meat in China's Guangdong province, who later died in hospital of SARS. Snake meat is also the patron deity of the Yao ethnic minority in China, so the Yao people are forbidden to eat snake meat, also known as long worm meat and python meat. Snakes belong to the family of pythons.

There are many types of snakes, and black snakes are best used as beauty devices. It contains protein, fat, a variety of inorganic salts, sugars, calcium, phosphorus, iron, zinc and vitamin A, vitamin B1-vitamin B2 and other components. The snake meat is delicate and delicious, and there is a record of "making it for food" in ancient times.

Nowadays, it has become a delicacy for people to cook snakes. Food has the functions of dispelling wind and dampness, invigorating blood and removing stasis, reducing swelling and relieving pain, detoxifying and cleansing the skin. If you suffer from rubella, scabies, bayberry sores, and acne, you can boil the snake meat, or you can soak it in wine.

Snake gall bladder is bitter and salty and cold, and can be used for wind, heat, eye diseases, blurred vision, hemorrhoids red and swollen, **carbuncle boils and other symptoms. The "Compendium of Materia Medica" pointed out that snake meat can "remove hand and foot wind pain, kill three insects, remove dead muscles, ** wind poison boils, scabies, and sores". Kaibao Materia Medica" pointed out, "Black snake, the main wind itching addiction rash, scabies, **unkindness, stubbornness:.

Note: Use with caution in pregnant women. Snake meat may contain bacteria and/or parasites that may threaten the health of the fetus.

Snake meat contains a variety of essential amino acids, including glutamic acid, which enhances the vitality of brain cells, and aspartic acid, which can relieve human fatigue, and other nutrients, making it a good food for mental workers. Snake meat has the effect of strengthening nerves and prolonging life. Its protein contains eight kinds of essential amino acids, and the cholesterol content is very low, which has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis, and has the function of nourishing the skin and nourishing the skin and regulating the metabolism of the human body.

The calcium, magnesium and other elements contained in snake meat are in the form of protein fusion, so it is easier for the body to absorb and utilize, so it is necessary to prevent cardiovascular disease and osteoporosis, inflammation or tuberculosis. Snake meat is rich in nutrients, the fat contains linoleic acid and other components, and the cholesterol content is lower than that of pork liver, eggs, etc., which has a certain effect on the prevention and treatment of arteriosclerosis.