Shrimp is one of my favorite ingredients. In terms of deliciousness, convenient cooking, and rich nutrition, shrimp is a high-quality ingredient comparable to eggs.

However, there is also controversy over the happy matter of eating shrimp. The common question is "Can shrimp heads be eaten?" This time we will learn about this matter.

What's inside a shrimp head?

In fact, the recipes of most of us foodies have never lacked ingredients such as "head" and "brain", such as the famous dish of fish head with chopped pepper, snacks of pork brain flowers, spicy rabbit head and other delicacies, but the situation with shrimp heads is different from these.

Not quite the same.

Due to the different structures of the organisms themselves, almost all the internal organs of a shrimp are grown in its head, and only one shrimp intestine runs through the body for excretion. Therefore, the situation of a shrimp head cannot be generalized to that of a rabbit head or a fish head.

The shrimp head not only contains shrimp roe, shrimp paste and other things we think are good things, but also other parts of the shrimp such as the gills, heart, liver, stomach, various glands, etc. are also squeezed into the small shrimp head. These parts

Not only will some shrimp food and excrement remain in the heart, but some shrimp blood will also remain. We have shared before that the blood of crustaceans is more likely to cause allergies and diarrhea. This is why crab hearts have always been said to be "big cold"

thing” reason.

Can you eat shrimp heads?

In fact, from the above introduction, everyone can already see that for the question "Can shrimp heads be eaten?", our answer is: it can be eaten, but it is not recommended.

Nowadays, the saying that "discussing harm without measuring it is just being a hooligan" is very popular. It is true that shrimps sold after passing the inspection will have very little dirt in their intestines and heads, but no matter how little they are, it will not change the objective fact that there is no benefit to eating them.

It is also difficult for ordinary consumers to tell with the naked eye whether the residue inside the shrimp head meets the standards. Therefore, taken into consideration, the edible value of the shrimp head is quite low.

Our attitude towards food can generally be simply divided into three categories: ① things that should never be eaten, ② things that are not recommended to be eaten, and ③ things that can be eaten.

① Things that should never be eaten: Things that fall into this category are basically spoiled and rotten, and will bring serious consequences, such as: sprouted and green potatoes (containing solanine), moldy peanuts (may contain solanine)

Aflatoxin), unknown mushrooms (higher risk of poisoning).

② Not recommended to eat: The foods that belong to this category are a bit vague, but there is a clever way to identify them, that is, when you need to persuade yourself to eat a food with the excuse of "you won't get sick if you eat it if you don't eat it cleanly", then most of them

They all belong to the same category, such as: shrimp heads (residues of shrimp food, excrement, heavy metals, etc.).

③ Edible food: There is no way to list them one by one. Except for the first two, all other foods fall into this category.

3. In fact, many people are confused about whether to eat shrimp heads, mainly because of the "shrimp roe and shrimp paste" in them. Let's take a look at what shrimp roe and shrimp paste are?

Generally speaking, shrimp yellow and shrimp paste actually refer to the mature gonads of shrimp. The main components are protein and fat, so shrimps during the breeding period will be more yellow and full of paste.

But everyone must have noticed something. It seems that whenever you eat shrimp, you can see the yellow substance inside. What is going on?

This is because in fact the "shrimp yellow shrimp paste" that most of us see when eating shrimp is not the gonads of real shrimps, but the hepatopancreas of shrimp, especially crayfish.

The hepatopancreas is actually also called the digestive gland or midgut gland. It is the largest organ of shrimp and the most important organ. It plays a vital role in the immunity, digestion, physiological regulation, hematopoiesis and other functions of shrimp.

Moreover, the hepatopancreas of shrimp also contains detoxifying enzymes, anti-reverse enzymes and other substances that help detoxify, helping shrimp to resist adverse conditions such as bacteria and heavy metals in the growth environment. Therefore, it is also prone to disease itself, which is why we do not recommend

One of the main reasons to eat shrimp heads!

4. Finally, let us briefly summarize: shrimp heads are edible, but their edible value is not high. It is not recommended to eat them for health reasons.

The paste and yellow in the shrimp heads we eat are often not the gonads of the shrimp, but the hepatopancreas of the shrimp.

If you really like to eat shrimp heads, then please make sure that the shrimps are fresh and the source is reliable, otherwise the aquatic products will accumulate pollutants in the environment in your body. In this case, the shrimp heads

It is the part of the shrimp that holds the most pollutants.

So the above is the entire answer to this question about whether to eat shrimp or not. If it is helpful, please help to forward and like it.