​What are the benefits of eating grasshoppers

When it comes to climbing shrimps, many people's memory is vague. In fact, climbing shrimps are what we call cicada turtles, cicadas, cicada monkeys, etc. Climbing shrimps themselves have high nutritional value. They are generally light red and yellowish brown, and are especially common in summer. Shrimp is cold in nature and tastes especially good when fried. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying. So besides these, what other benefits does shrimp have?

Grasshoppers have extremely high nutritional value for medicinal purposes and a unique taste, especially the newly unearthed nymphs, which contain the highest amount of protein. They are a rare high-protein, low-fat wild delicacy. According to the "Chinese Materia Medica", cicadas have the effects of clearing and strengthening yang, quenching thirst and promoting salivation, protecting the lungs and kidneys, fighting baldness and inhibiting cancer. The cicada shell is rich in chitin, isoxanthopterin, erythropterin, and adenosine triphosphatase, which can treat symptoms such as hoarse cough, sore throat, itchy rubella, red eyes, tetanus, epilepsy in children, and night crying. Therefore, some people predict that cicadas will become an important green health food in the future.

It is rich in nutrients, with a dry basis protein content of more than 70%, fat of about 7%, vitamins and various beneficial trace elements that are higher than those of ordinary meat products. It can be called the protein king among today's foods.

The cicada monkey, also known as the cicada turtle, is known as the meat of Tang Monk. The reason why it is called Tang Monk's Meat is that in addition to its nutritional value, it also has a profound cultural charm. Due to the high nutritional value of golden cicadas, their unique taste, and their multiple nourishing and medicinal effects on the human body, people have long likened eating golden cicadas to "Tang Monk's meat" that can make people immortal. In Journey to the West, one of the four great classical masterpieces of my country, the "Tang Monk" who went to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures was originally the reincarnation of "Golden Chanzi" (also known as Elder Golden Chan), the second disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha. Tang Sanzang was reincarnated from Golden Chanzi into a true and spiritual monk of the East, which is a metaphor for "a golden cicada shedding its shell". Therefore, people regard the cicada shedding its shell as a symbol of longevity and rebirth. Therefore, in Journey to the West, there is also a saying that eating "Tang Monk's meat" can make one immortal. Today, people put the nutritious "golden cicada" on the table and call it "Tang Monk's meat". Obviously, this is the highest praise that fully recognizes the nutritional value of the golden cicada. Rich and unique nutritional value; According to the physical and chemical analysis and research of China Institute of Food and Nutrition, every 100g of golden cicada nymphs are rich in 72g of protein, 15g of fat, and 1.8g of ash; in addition, it also contains calcium, phosphorus, iron and various vitamins and trace elements necessary for the human body. Scientific analysis shows that cicadas are rich in amino acids, proteins and trace elements, and essential amino acids for the human body account for 46.63% of the total amino acids.

If we compare the protein content of 100g of golden cicada with that of other animals, the numbers shown will give us a real understanding of how high its nutritional value is: the protein content of golden cicada nymphs is 3.5 times that of lean beef (20.2% protein), 4.3 times that of lean pork (16.7%), 3.8 times that of mutton, 3 times that of chicken (23.3%), 4 times that of carp (17.3), and 6 times that of eggs (11.8%). It can be seen that the protein content of golden cicada nymphs is much higher than any animal meat and poultry eggs; and because they contain multiple nutrients necessary for the human body, they have excellent auxiliary therapeutic effects on promoting growth and development, replenishing the body's metabolic consumption, and the recovery of patients with physical weakness. Therefore, it has become a rare natural, pollution-free, high-quality nutritious food.