What are the benefits of eating loach for men?

Introduction: It is worth mentioning that compared with eel, loach has less fat content, and contains three times more iron and calcium than eel. For male friends with "three highs", loach is undoubtedly a healthier choice. So what are the benefits of eating loach for men? Let's find out together!

Rich in nutrition, suitable for all ages

According to Chinese medicine, mudskippers are sweet and neutral in nature. They have the functions of tonifying the middle and replenishing qi, removing evil and removing dampness, nourishing the kidneys and producing essence, removing toxins and removing hemorrhoids, relieving thirst and promoting urination, and protecting the liver. They can also treat skin itching, edema, hepatitis, premature ejaculation, jaundice, hemorrhoids, etc. "Introduction to Medicine" says that it can tonify the middle and stop diarrhea. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that mudskippers have the effect of warming the middle and replenishing qi, and have certain medicinal effects on quenching thirst, sobering up, promoting urination, strengthening yang, and removing hemorrhoids.

In daily life, we eat loach mainly for its health benefits. Loach is a nutritious aquatic product. The protein content of edible part is as high as 18.4-22.6 grams per 100 grams, which is higher than that of ordinary fish. It also contains 2.8-2.9 grams of fat, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamin B1, vitamin B2 and niacin. However, loach contains high cholesterol. If loach is paired with fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C, the excess cholesterol can be excreted from the body.

Children, the elderly, pregnant women, breastfeeding women, young men, people with malnutrition, weakness after illness, anemia, edema, beriberi, and neuritis should eat loach to nourish their bodies.

Unique advantages in nourishing the kidneys and replenishing blood

Protect blood vessels

Niacin contained in mudskippers can dilate blood vessels, reduce the concentration of cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, regulate dyslipidemia, slow down the degree of coronary artery sclerosis, reduce the incidence of myocardial infarction and other diseases, and effectively prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.

Nourishes the kidneys and produces sperm

Loach contains a unique amino acid that promotes sperm formation. Adult men who regularly eat loach can nourish the kidneys and produce sperm, and strengthen the body, and it is also helpful for regulating sexual function.

Calcium supplements to strengthen bones

Loach is rich in trace elements of calcium and phosphorus. Regular consumption of loach can prevent rickets, osteomalacia, senile fractures, osteoporosis, etc. Cooking loach into soup can better absorb calcium.

Replenish blood and iron

Loach is rich in various proteins and trace element iron, which is very beneficial for patients with anemia.

Anti-aging and anti-inflammatory

The unsaturated fatty acids contained in loach can resist vascular aging and are very beneficial to the elderly. The slippery saliva on its surface also has antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects.

Loach is delicious, but don't eat it raw

The nutritional value of loach is so high that there are many opinions in my country about using loach for health supplements. The most popular opinion is that eating raw loach can be a tonic and relieve internal heat. However, even though eating raw loach has these advantages, the biggest danger is that it can easily lead to parasitic diseases, which is not worth the loss, so you must not eat raw loach.

There are several main ways to eat loach to treat diseases:

Cooking Soup

Take 100 grams each of live loach and live shrimp, wash them and cook them into soup. Shrimp meat is warm and replenishes yang, which can enhance the tonic effect of loach. It is suitable for people who have suffered from chronic liver disease for a long time and have weak constitution.

Grinding

Put the live loach in clean water, add a few drops of vegetable oil, and change the water every day. After the loach has vomited out the mud and sand in its intestines, put it in a pot, slowly dry it over low heat, grind it into powder, and bottle it for later use. Take 3 grams each time, with warm rice wine. Take 3 times a day. This recipe can protect liver cells and promote their function to return to normal. It is effective in preventing and treating acute and chronic hepatitis.

Loach, Tofu and Cabbage Soup

There is a nutritious and valuable vegetable dish in traditional Chinese cuisine - loach, tofu and cabbage soup. The combination of loach and tofu and cabbage not only tastes good, but more importantly, the nutrients in these ingredients can fully complement each other, and the nutritional value is greatly improved.

The preparation method is: put 500 grams of loach in a bucket with a lid, add salt, cooking wine, vinegar, cover with a lid, and the loach will die after about 1 hour. Put it in a basin, remove the head and internal organs, rinse it clean, put it in a pot, add water, cook it over high heat for 2 minutes, remove it and set aside; then take an appropriate amount of tofu, cut it into 4×4 cm squares, 0.5 cm thick pieces, dip it in egg white, fry it in oil until browned, then add scallions, ginger, garlic and appropriate amount of salt, stir-fry until fragrant, add appropriate amount of water, boil it over high heat, then reduce the heat, and when the soup turns white, add an appropriate amount of cabbage leaves, and put the cooked loach in at the same time, and stew it until cooked. A delicious, nutritious, and invigorating loach, tofu, and cabbage soup is now ready. This soup can also be given to children, which has the effects of invigorating qi deficiency, warming the spleen and stomach, and stopping sweating. It is suitable for children who sweat due to physical weakness, spleen and stomach deficiency, and malnutrition.

Dry-

roast 200 grams of live loach, fry it with peanut oil until it turns yellow, add cooking wine, soy sauce, rice vinegar, sugar, salt, MSG and other seasonings, and stew until the soup is thick and then serve it on a plate. It has the effect of invigorating the spleen and kidneys. Kidney water can generate liver wood, and invigorating the kidneys can achieve the purpose of invigorating the liver.

Deep fried loach

Wash 500g of loach, remove the head and place in a bowl. Squeeze the washed loach with a little salt. Drain the juice that oozes out after squeezing (this is to quickly remove the sticky substances on the loach). Then add appropriate amount of rice wine/ginger foam/salt/MSG (chicken essence) and mix together and marinate for about 15 minutes. Remove the excess juice from the marinated loach in the bowl, then add about two tablespoons of flour and stir quickly until the flour is completely dissolved on the loach surface (the purpose of mixing the loach with flour is to quickly absorb the moisture on the loach so that it is not easy to have shallow oil during the frying process. At the same time, the loach with a little flour tastes more fragrant after frying, and it is more colorful after being taken out of the pan. Put the loach coated with flour into the prepared oil pan quickly. At this time, the heat should be slightly higher. Do not stir the loach with a spatula immediately after putting it in. Wait until the bottom of the loach looks a little golden. At this time, you can use a spatula to scoop it slowly, turning the loach over evenly while scooping, and fry it until it is golden all over.

Coloring and flavoring

Put the loach out of the pot into a bowl, add some dark soy sauce (for coloring)/white sugar, rice wine (you can use wine instead of water if you don’t want to add water), shredded ginger, and a little light soy sauce, quickly boil it over high heat, add the loach, stir-fry for a few times, and then serve. (If you like to eat pepper and salt, you can just sprinkle pepper and salt on it in step 4)

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