Can pregnant women eat razor clams

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The meat of razor clam is delicious and cheap. It is a popular seafood. Can pregnant women eat razor clams? Let's talk about it.

Can pregnant women eat razor clams

First, razor clams can be eaten. Razor clam, scientific name Sinonovacula constricta, belongs to mollusk, is bivalve curtain clam order shellfish, lives in the ocean, is a common seafood food. The shell is crispy and thin. It has a long flat square shape. From the top of the shell to the ventral margin, there is an oblique groove, so it is named Sinonovacula constricta. The coastal area of Ningbo is rich in tidal flats. It has a unique advantage in the cultivation of razor clams. It is a specialty of Dazhong sea in Ningbo. Facing Sanmen Bay, Ninghai Changjie area has a large amount of fresh water all the year round. The sea water is salty and suitable, the bait is rich, and the mud is mainly silt. Therefore, the razor clam grows fast, has a large body, tender and fat meat, and tastes white and delicious. Therefore, it is named Changjie razor clam clam, according to Ninghai County annals of Qing Dynasty Sinonovacula, mussel, to the field of the species of Sinonovacula, narrow and long as the middle finger, a Xishi tongue, said its beauty.

Second: the nutritional value of razor clam meat is delicious, rich in protein, calcium, iron, selenium, vitamin A and other nutrients, with delicious taste, high nutritional value and the function of tonifying deficiency. According to the determination, every 100 grams of fresh meat contains 7.2 grams of protein, 1.2 grams of fat, 2.4 grams of carbohydrate, 3 grams of sugar, 133 mg of calcium, 114 mg of phosphorus, 227 mg of iron and 200 kJ of heat.

Third: the efficacy and function of razor clam. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that razor clam is sweet and salty, cold in nature, enters the heart, liver and kidney channels, and has the functions of tonifying Yin, clearing heat, removing vexation, and detoxifying alcohol. It has a certain therapeutic effect on postpartum deficiency, fever and thirst, damp heat edema and dysentery. Razor clam is rich in iodine and selenium. It is a good health food for patients with hyperthyroidism, pregnant women and the elderly. Razor clam contains zinc and manganese. Eating razor clam often is beneficial to the nutrition supplement of brain and has the function of strengthening brain and increasing intelligence. Medical workers also found that razor clam has certain curative effect on xerostomia and fever caused by radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

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Razor clam is rich in iodine and selenium. It is a good health food for hyperthyroidism patients, pregnant women and the elderly. However, razor clam cold, spleen and stomach deficiency cold, diarrhea pregnant women should eat less.