"aristocratic tonic" bird's nest is not as nutritious as eggs?

Bird's Nest is a nest made of the saliva and feathers of Swift Jin Siyan. Bird's nest, sweet and flat. Enter lung, stomach and kidney meridians. Has the effects of nourishing yin, moistening dryness, invigorating qi, invigorating middle warmer, resolving phlegm and relieving cough. The medicinal properties of bird's nest are not strong, so it can be used with other traditional Chinese medicines.

The nutritious bird's nest seems to have been eaten by rich people. From the analysis of nutritional components, it contains protein, amino acids and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium and sodium, which seems nothing special compared with ordinary food. 50% of dried bird's nest is protein. Although the content is high, it is still worse than other foods (tofu skin, egg white), and the dilution rate is not high. Moreover, bird's nest doesn't have eight kinds of amino acids needed by human body, so bird's nest can't be regarded as a high-quality protein.

Active proteins, such as colony stimulating factor and epidermal growth factor. After passing through the digestive tract or being heated, it will be destroyed, irreversibly lose its activity and cannot play its role.

It's not surprising that the medicinal value of bird's nest is only considered as food and nutrients, but Chinese medicine is extensive and profound, and it is a concept of overall operation, which is difficult to explain with western nutrition. For example, loofah is a kind of thick and dry fiber from a nutritional point of view, and it can't even be used as food, but Chinese medicine is a very important Chinese medicine, which has the function of dredging collaterals and promoting lactation. Practice has proved that it has a remarkable function of dredging collaterals and promoting lactation.

So for bird's nest, we can't kill it with a stick. Although there is not much research at present, I believe that one day, modern medicine will uncover the efficacy of bird's nest.

Eating bird's nest is optional, but eating is also a long-term process. Want to supplement protein, bird's nest can be replaced by eggs and milk. Because eggs and milk are the sources of high-quality protein, not only protein is rich and contains 8 kinds of amino acids necessary for human body, but also the absorption rate of protein in eggs and milk can reach 98%, which is very easy to be absorbed by human body. If you want to supplement collagen, you can also use trotters, skin jelly and tremella instead. If you want to supplement minerals, fruits and vegetables are your best choice.

In order to enhance human immunity, trace elements such as iron and zinc are essential, and vitamin C also has the function of improving immunity. Eating more foods containing polysaccharides, such as mushrooms and fungus, also helps to improve immunity.

Say Ejiao is from China? Treasure of traditional Chinese medicine? . Together with ginseng and velvet antler, it is called? Three treasures of Chinese medicine? . Ejiao is sweet and flat, and belongs to lung, kidney and liver meridians. It has the effects of nourishing blood and yin, moistening dryness and stopping bleeding, and can be used for treating blood deficiency, yellow face, dizziness, palpitation, etc.

Compared with bird's nest, there is overlap but the effect is different. One focuses on invigorating the middle energizer and qi, and enters the lung, stomach and kidney meridians. One is mainly nourishing yin and blood, and belongs to lung, kidney and liver meridians. So Ejiao is irreplaceable.

Doctor, chief pharmacist, senior nutritionist, 10 years experience in medication guidance, nutrition consultation and health management. No medicine, no medicine, healthy life, no disease, no medicine!