Flower armor, also known as clams, Hainan region called mango snail, is a mollusk, about 3 centimeters long, shell ovoid, light brown, purple edge. Living in the shallow seabed. The shell is longer and thinner, is long ovoid.
The clam oyster belongs to the phylum Mollusca, its shell is slightly triangular, the ventral edge is rounded. The shell is thick, the two shells are equal in size. Clam meat is tender and flavorful, is the top of the shellfish.
Scallop is a genus of scallop bivalve mollusks, scallop flavor, nutrient-rich. With the sea cucumber, abalone, and listed as the three treasures of the sea food. Its closed-shell muscle after drying that is, "dry shellfish" is included in one of the eight treasures.
The nutritive value of the flower armor is rich in every 100 grams of clam meat containing 10 grams of protein, 1.2 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of carbohydrates, as well as iodine, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other minerals and vitamins, and clam shells contain calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, magnesium silicate, iodine, bromide salts, and so on. Modern medical research has found that there is a substance called clamsin in clams, which has the anti-cancer effect of inhibiting tumor growth.
Clams are not only tasty, and its nutrition is also more comprehensive, is a good value for money seafood. Its meat is delicious, known as "the world's first fresh", "the crown of all flavors", Jiangsu folk "ate clams, all flavors are out of order," said. It contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, iron, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, vitamins, amino acids and taurine and many other ingredients, is a low-calorie, high-protein, can prevent and treat chronic diseases of the elderly ideal food.
Scallops contain a kind of serum cholesterol-lowering effect of the daidai 7-cholesterol and 24-methylene cholesterol, they both inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver and accelerate the excretion of cholesterol's unique role in the body so that cholesterol down. Scallops can help a person relieve some troublesome symptoms.