Why do so many people like to eat loaches?

Loaches live in the land, are very flexible, and are generally difficult to catch. However, loach is a delicacy on our table, and loach somen is one of the most famous delicacies. So, what are the benefits of loaches for people?

In general, the benefits of loaches to the human body are as follows:

1. Loach can nourish yin and quench thirst, clear heat and dampness, and loach cooking can nourish yin and quench thirst, clear heat and dampness. Any thirst that is unquenchable due to heat and dampness, or jaundice, thirst, and unfavorable urination due to dampness and heat accumulation, can be used as auxiliary dietary therapy.

2. Loach can supplement calcium and strengthen bones, which is rich in trace elements calcium and phosphorus, and regular consumption of loach can prevent pediatric hypochondrosis, rickets and senile fractures, osteoporosis, etc. Cooking loaches into soup allows for better absorption of calcium.

3. The fat content of loach is very small, the cholesterol is relatively low, and it also contains iron, phosphorus, calcium and other substances. The mucus secreted by the epidermis of loach is the so-called synovial fluid of loach, which also has a good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effect.

4. Loaches can sober up alcohol, and people who often drink alcohol for entertainment can eat more loaches to reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver.

5. Loach also contains a large number of trace elements, such as calcium and phosphorus, etc., and children can eat some loaches to prevent children's hypochondria and rickets.

6. Loach is especially suitable for people with weak body, spleen and stomach deficiency, malnutrition, and children's body deficiency and night sweats, because it helps growth and development.

7. Loach is suitable for the elderly and patients with cardiovascular diseases, cancer and people with acute and chronic hepatitis and jaundice after radiotherapy and chemotherapy, especially acute jaundice hepatitis, which can promote the decline of jaundice and aminotransferases.

In short, loaches are not only delicious but also nutritious. However, not everyone is suitable for eating loaches, and those who are yin deficiency and fire in themselves need to avoid eating loaches. It should be noted that loaches also have foods that cannot be eaten together, such as dog meat, dog blood, crabs and hairy crabs, which have the opposite function and can cause food poisoning or backfire.

Supervising Expert: Su Liling, Associate Professor, Deputy Chief Physician, Department of Pulmonology, Guangzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Specialty: Combination of Chinese and Western methods**Chronic bronchitis, emphysema, asthma, bronchioctoptysis and other common respiratory diseases, acute and critical diseases. He is good at curing diseases, adjusting physical fitness, correcting physical deviations, and regulating qi and blood.

Because loaches taste very good and have high nutritional value.

Because the loach has a good taste, and the meat is also very tender, the most important thing is that the loach is also rich in nutrition.

In terms of nutrients, the protein, minerals and vitamins of loach are higher than those of ordinary fish and shrimp, but the fat content is very low, and it has the effect of nourishing yin and dispelling dampness, nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, and strengthening muscles and bones.

Loaches are usually hair products, and it is generally not recommended for people with allergies, gout patients, yin deficiency and fire to avoid uncomfortable symptoms of body cavity. 1. Allergies: Loach is rich in protein, sugar and minerals, which can supplement the nutrients needed by the body and improve the body's resistance.

However, the protein components in the loach are easy to cause itching, pimples and other symptoms after consumption. 2. Gout patients: The purine content of loach is high, and gout patients eat it, which is not conducive to the control of uric acid level in the body, and is easy to induce acute attacks of gout.

3. Yin deficiency and fire prosperity: If the patient belongs to the yin deficiency and fire prosperity constitution, it is easy to get angry, and the symptoms of deficiency fire may be aggravated after eating loaches, which is not conducive to the recovery of the condition. In addition to the disadvantages of lead, loaches are not recommended for pregnant women, thirst and other people.

If you have symptoms of physical discomfort after consumption, it is recommended to seek medical attention in time to avoid delaying the condition.