Calcium can be supplemented, shrimp does have a lot of calcium, but the absorption rate is not ideal. Calcium to be absorbed, the first to dissolve out, but shrimp shells are human teeth can not chew thoroughly, in the stomach by the stomach acid, can dissolve out of a small part. Most of the calcium will be excreted with the undigested residue. Shrimp skin also does not contain vitamin D, so the utilization of calcium is not fully guaranteed.

But the effect of calcium supplementation can be better when it is finely pulverized.

Shrimp skin is mainly processed by the hairy shrimp made of high nutritional value, per 100 grams of shrimp skin containing 39.3 grams of protein, much higher than the yellowtail, yellow reparations, prawns, scallops, pomfret and other aquatic products and meat products such as beef, pork, chicken.

Shrimp skin has been known as "calcium library", mineral content and rich in variety, in addition to containing terrestrial, freshwater organisms lack of iodine, iron, calcium, phosphorus content is also very rich, per 100 grams of shrimp calcium and phosphorus content of 991 milligrams and 582 milligrams.

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