There is only one species of oyster.

Oysters for the oyster family, oysters and their relatives of all the animals, is the sea shell. Subtropical and tropical coasts are suitable for oyster farming, China is widely distributed, from the Yalu River in the north to Hainan Island in the south, coastal oyster production.

Oyster is a soft shell, dependent parasitic animals, the junction of fresh and salt water is particularly fertile. China's traditional artificial oyster farming area called oyster pond or oyster pond. Stone oyster attached to the stone and live. Bamboo oysters are inserted into the bamboo seashore for the floating field, also known as oyster ponds.

Expanded:

Approved by the Ministry of Health, China has included oysters in the first batch of health care efficacy products that are both medicinal herbs and can be used as food. At present, researchers have made a comprehensive analysis of oyster composition by using advanced testing methods and found that the protein content of oyster meat is as high as 45% to 56%, fat 7% to 16%, and liver sugar 19% to 38%.

In addition, it also contains many kinds of vitamins and niacin, carbohydrates and calcium, zinc, iron, iodine and other nutrients, and the content of calcium is close to one time of milk; the content of iron is 21 times of milk.

The high content of taurine in oyster is valued by medical and nutritional circles, and it is regarded as beneficial to the brain, fat-lowering and weight-loss, and promoting the decomposition of cholesterol in the medical field, in addition to its unique nourishing effect.

At the same time, the large amount of glycogen contained in oysters can also be used as the energy for the metabolism of human cells, replenish the body's energy reserves, and improve the efficiency of physical and mental activities.

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