Everything you want to know about eating shrimp is here

1. Is the black hair of shrimp due to heavy metal pollution?

The black hair of shrimps actually has nothing to do with heavy metal pollution. The blackening of shrimp heads is mostly due to enzymatic reactions. The internal organs of shrimp are concentrated in the head, and the tyrosinase activity in the head is the strongest, resulting in black shrimp heads. In addition, if the shrimp eats a lot of dark algae before being caught, the shrimp's hair may turn black.

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2. Do you have to pick out the shrimp thread?

Shrimp threads are the intestines of shrimps. They are disposed of on the one hand for cleanliness and on the other hand to prevent the bitterness in the shrimp threads from covering up the sweetness of the shrimp itself. It doesn't matter if you don't process it, because when we eat shrimp, we eat cooked shrimp. It is safe after being exposed to high temperatures, so just eat it with confidence.

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3. Are the white lines in the shrimp heads parasites?

I’m so sorry, it’s not a parasite, it’s the vas deferens of the male shrimp!

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4.? Shrimp cannot be eaten with fruits, will it produce arsenic?

Nonsense, if you don’t want to eat it, you can bring it all to me! It’s a rumor that food is incompatible with each other. Although organic arsenic will react with vitamin C to form arsenic, you would have to eat a truckload of shrimps and tons of fruits to be poisoned, and you would die before you are poisoned.

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5. Can eating shrimp skin supplement calcium?

Think too much. Although the calcium content of shrimp skin is very high, it is difficult to be absorbed by the human body. It is better to drink more glasses of milk.