What season can't you eat duck?

Duck meat is not suitable for eating in winter, and duck is cool. We often say that meat generally refers to food containing meat, but there is a sentence that summarizes the meat we eat every day. This statement is "chicken, duck and fish", and there is another statement in the chicken and duck diet that can be summarized as "chicken soup, duck flavor"

As for duck meat, there is a saying that "an old duck is better than summer". Simply put, duck meat is most suitable for eating in summer. Is this proverb right? Is there a scientific basis? Is duck best for summer? The following small series will introduce you to the most suitable season for duck meat.

Ducks and chickens are poultry. In terms of nutritional value, the nutritional value of ducks and chickens is comparable. In the eyes of Chinese medicine, ducks live in water and eat mostly aquatic food. Chickens are different from chickens. Chickens live on land, so in the eyes of Chinese medicine, ducks are cold and chickens are warm, and summer is hot. In terms of attributes, duck meat is more suitable for summer consumption.

Let's talk about hot summer, people tend to lose their appetite, so they want to eat some light and refreshing food. The protein content of duck meat is relatively high, the protein content is 16%-20%, while the protein content of pork is 13.3%. Compared with livestock meat, the fat content of duck meat is relatively low, with 65438. The fat content of pork is 37%, especially the fat of duck meat is evenly distributed in all tissues of duck. The fat of duck meat is mainly low-carbon saturated fatty acids and unsaturated fatty acids, among which the content of saturated fatty acids is less than that of livestock meat, and the fat in duck meat is not as greasy as lard and butter. The proportion of saturated fatty acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids and monounsaturated fatty acids in duck meat fat is close to the proportion of fatty acids recommended by human body. That is, the ratio of dietary fatty acids proposed by the World Health Organization and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, saturated fatty acids: monounsaturated fatty acids: polyunsaturated fatty acids =1:1,so cooked duck meat is not as greasy as other livestock meat and chicken meat, and is more suitable for summer consumption.

So generally speaking, duck meat is more suitable for eating in summer. Compared with other livestock meat and chicken meat, duck meat is also more suitable for eating in summer. Duck meat has the effects of tonifying kidney and stomach, relieving cough and resolving phlegm, eliminating edema, lowering cholesterol, nourishing yin and heart, eliminating dampness and detoxifying. Duck meat is cold, even if it is eaten in summer, it will not get angry, and it is rich in nutrition, which can supplement the nutrition consumed in summer and is not greasy. You can eat duck even when you have no appetite in summer. There are many ways to make duck meat, such as tea tree mushroom old duck soup, beer duck, roast duck, braised duck, yam stewed duck, duck porridge, fried duck and braised duck. There's always one you like. Remember to eat duck in hot summer.