Basic Information On Mussels
January 05, 2023
Basic Information On Mussels
The delicious mussel (Mytilus edulis), also known as a rainbow, is cooked and processed into a dry product -- mussel. It is a bishell mollusc with a dark brown shell that lives on coastal rocks. Strong vitality, distributed in China's Yellow Sea, Bohai Sea and the East China Sea coast. The mussel shell is wedge-shaped, with a sharp front end and a broad round back end. Generally, the shell is 6 ~ 8 cm long, and the shell length is less than 2 times the height of the shell. The shell is thin. The top of the shell is near the most anterior part of the shell. The two shells are equal, symmetrical, the shell surface is purple and black, with luster, the growth lines are fine and obvious, and the growth is annular from the top.
The delicious mussels have strong vitality and are easy to be cultured in large numbers. Shandong, Liaoning, Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan and other coastal provinces have vast breeding seas.
The high nutritional value of mussels is also due to the fact that the protein it contains contains 8 essential amino acids, such as valine and leucine, which are much higher than the content of essential amino acids such as eggs and chicken, duck, fish, shrimp and meat. In addition, according to the study, mussel fat also contains essential fatty acids for human body, the content of saturated fatty acids, compared with pig, beef, mutton and milk and other food is low, the content of unsaturated fatty acids is relatively high. It is known as the egg of the sea.
Efficacy and function
Nourish blood, replenish protein, nourish liver and kidney
The delicious mussel is a kind of bivalve mollusk, the shell is dark brown, the inner surface is gray white, the edge is blue, there is pearl luster, often live on the seaside rock, the vitality is strong. Mussels are rich in nutrition, warm, salty, into the liver, kidney. It has the effect of nourishing blood, supplementing protein and nourishing liver and kidney.
1, blood tonic blood: mussels are rich in iron, vitamin B12 and folic acid, iron is an indispensable substance in the synthesis process of human hemoglobin, vitamin B12, folic acid can promote the development and maturation of red blood cells, appropriate consumption of mussels has the effect of blood tonic blood, can also prevent megaloblastic anemia to a certain extent.
2, supplementary protein: mussels are rich in protein, and protein is an important component of human cells and tissues, so appropriate consumption of mussels can supplement protein for the body, in order to maintain normal life activities, hypoproteinemia can be appropriate consumption.
3, nourishing the liver and kidney: mussels warm, salty taste, into the liver, kidney meridian, has the effect of nourishing the liver and kidney, appropriate consumption of mussels can help alleviate kidney deficiency, edema, insufficient sperm blood, adverse urination and other diseases.