Trotters are very nutritious. According to the determination, every 100g trotters contain 22g of protein, 20g of fat and/0.7g of carbohydrate. In addition, pig's trotters also contain a certain amount of nutrients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamins. Chinese medicine believes that pig's trotters are flat, sweet and salty, and have the function of enriching blood and tonifying kidney, which is suitable for the elderly, the weak and the people with blood deficiency.

The reason why trotters have a good therapeutic effect on senile neurasthenia is mainly because the protein it contains is collagen. This is a colloidal substance composed of biological macromolecules, which contains a lot of glycine. It is the most important protein component of tendon, ligament and connective tissue (tendon), accounting for about 65,438+0/3 of the total protein of human body. After eating pig's trotters, these amino acids can not only participate in the synthesis of collagen in human body, but also calm the central nervous system and improve symptoms such as anxiety, neurasthenia and insomnia.

Although pig's trotters are good, due to the intestines and stomach of the elderly, the benefits of pig's hand soup are:

1. Collagen in pig's trotters can be converted into gelatin during cooking, which can combine with a lot of water, thus effectively improving the physiological function of the body and the water storage function of skin tissues and cells, preventing premature skin wrinkles and delaying skin aging;

2. Pig's trotters have a certain auxiliary effect on patients with frequent limb weakness, leg cramps, numbness, gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhagic shock and ischemic encephalopathy, and also help adolescents to grow and develop and slow down the rate of osteoporosis in middle-aged and elderly women;

3. Pig's trotters are rich in collagen, which can promote fur growth, prevent progressive muscular dystrophy, improve coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease, and have certain curative effect on gastrointestinal bleeding and hemorrhagic shock. The digestive function is weakened, and the fat content in pig's trotters is high. It is not advisable to eat too much at a time, so as not to affect appetite because it is difficult to digest. Old people with chronic hepatitis, cholecystitis and gallstones had better not eat more pig's trotters, otherwise it will aggravate the original condition or induce the recurrence of old diseases. In addition, don't eat trotters before going to bed, so as not to increase blood viscosity.