Nutritional value of mutton

Mutton is warm, which can replenish qi and yin, warm the middle energizer and tonify deficiency, stimulate appetite and strengthen the body. In Compendium of Materia Medica, it is called a warm tonic for nourishing Yuanyang and benefiting blood. Among them, there are mainly the following nutritional values:

(1) Mutton is rich in fat, vitamins, calcium, phosphorus and iron. In particular, the content of calcium and iron is significantly higher than that of beef and pork, and the content of cholesterol is low, which is an excellent food for nourishing the body.

(2) Mutton is tender and easy to digest. At the same time, mutton can also increase digestive enzymes and protect the stomach wall and intestines, thus contributing to the digestion of food.

(3) Mutton has the function of tonifying kidney and strengthening yang, is suitable for people who are weak and afraid of cold, and can also promote blood circulation.

(4) It has a good therapeutic effect on fatigue and emaciation, soreness of waist and knees, weakness of spleen and stomach, anorexia and nausea, dizziness and eyesight improvement, deficiency of kidney yang, deficiency of qi and blood, impotence, cold hernia, postpartum weakness, and lack of milk. Especially suitable for the elderly, frail men and postpartum women.