Mussel meat has a good health care effect on human body, and has the functions of nourishing yin, calming the liver, improving eyesight and preventing eye diseases.

Mytilus edulis has high nutritional value and contains protein, fat, sugar, calcium, phosphorus, iron, vitamins A, B 1 and B2. Every100g of mussel edible part contains protein10.9g, calcium 248mg, iron 26.6mg, zinc 6.23mg, phosphorus 305mg, vitamin a243mg, selenium 20.24g, carotene 2.3mg, and more nutritional components such as riboflavin, and the total energy can reach 20.7100.00000000005

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Mytilus is an animal in mollusca (mussel family), which is called mussel and tortoise shell in some places. They live at the bottom of freshwater lakes, ponds, rivers, etc. Semi-buried in sediment. Meat is edible, and can also be used as bait for fish and poultry and feed for poultry and livestock.

In some areas, freshwater pearl mussels are used for pearl culture, while Hyriopsis cumingii and freshwater mussels are mainly used for pearl culture. The water inlet and outlet pipes at the back end of the mussel body are exposed, so that water can enter and exit the sleeve cavity, thereby completing the functions of feeding, breathing, excreting feces and metabolites, filtering micro-organisms and organic particles in water, and feeding micro-organisms.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Mussels