But eating dog meat tonic is not very reliable.
But eating dog meat tonic is not very reliable.
From the perspective of modern nutrition, the nutritional components of dog meat are mainly protein, fat, carbohydrates and some trace elements, which are not obviously different from other meats. It is worth mentioning that in many places, it is said that the large proportion of dog meat globulin plays an obvious role in enhancing the body's disease resistance, cell vitality and organ function, which is probably "inspired" by the immune function of globulin. Globulin, also known as immunoglobulin, exists in almost all animals and plants. When the immune system encounters foreign invaders, it will produce globulin to destroy them. However, the globulin in dog meat can only enhance the immunity of live dogs. When it is cooked, it will lose its activity. After being digested by human body, it will be decomposed into ordinary amino acids and absorbed. "Enhancing the body's disease resistance, cell vitality and organ function" can only be wishful thinking, which can be regarded as a modern version of the ancient fallacy of "eat what you eat".
In ancient Chinese traditional medicine, almost everything in the world has its own medicinal properties and can be used as medicine, and dog meat is no exception. Under the authorization of the ancient medical book "Warming and Tonifying Kidney and Yang", the folk efficacy of dog meat gradually diverged from the "Yang Qi" of traditional Chinese medicine to the treatment of impotence and premature ejaculation, and even extended the nonsense that children can't eat dogs. At present, only sildenafil, which is the effective component of Viagra, has been proved to be effective in treating impotence. And those impotence "cured" by eating dog meat are mostly functional ED caused by psychological factors.
The fat content of dog meat is on the high side, with an average of about 23.5g per100g of dog meat, with the heat of 1 16 kcal, and the temperature of boiling broth itself, you will generally feel warm after eating dog meat, which is more obvious in the contrast of cold winter, so you have "drinking dog broth can make a quilt in winter". When the body is warm, people also have strength, so in all kinds of ancient medical books, dog meat also has the effects of "warming the stomach to drive cold", "invigorating the middle warmer and benefiting qi" and "warming and tonifying the kidney and yang", which is known as the "sacred product for nourishing in winter"-in fact, the effect of drinking pork soup is similar. This is also the reason why many people report that eating dog meat "gets angry" leads to nosebleeds. Interestingly, the recently controversial Litchi Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, Guangxi, was set in the summer solstice because local people believe that dog meat can "fight poison with poison and defeat fire with fire"; The tradition in South Korea is to eat dog meat in dog days. The reason of Koreans is even more wonderful. They think that dogs don't sweat in summer, so eating dog meat can help them escape the heat ... In fact, "getting angry" is a false concept, which is a vague collection concept of symptoms caused by many diseases such as oral ulcer and inflammation. Every disease should be treated with the right medicine. It is unrealistic to hope to improve all kinds of symptoms of "getting angry" with a single method, but these so-called "getting angry" Dry weather in autumn and winter has always led to nosebleeds, and it happens that eating dog meat will link them together, which is considered as "getting angry".
Modern medical research shows that patients with hypertension, apoplexy sequelae, severe heart disease, arrhythmia, hyperthyroidism, gastritis, dysentery, ulcer, tuberculosis, bronchiectasis and other diseases should not eat dog meat.
Therefore, dog meat has no special performance in nutritional composition and function, so it is unnecessary to eat dog meat for "tonic". Mutton, pork and beef are all winter solstice supplements.