Flower armor is the clam, because of the Cantonese language flower clam and flower armor homophonic, the clam is written flower armor.

The meat is so delicious that it has been called "the world's first fresh" and "the crown of all flavors", and its nutrition is also relatively comprehensive, with a high protein content and a reasonable composition and ratio of amino acids.

Low fat content, high unsaturated fatty acids, easy to be digested and absorbed by the human body, there are a variety of vitamin components, can be used as human nutrition, green food, favored by consumers.

Clam meat, as well as shellfish mollusks, contains a serum cholesterol-lowering effect of the daiquiri 7-cholesterol and 24-methylene cholesterol, which both inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol in the liver and accelerate the excretion of cholesterol's unique role in the body so that cholesterol down. They are more potent than the commonly used cholesterol-lowering drug glutathione.

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Flowering Nail's Nutritional value:

1, flower nail contains sugar, protein, fat, niacin, inorganic salts, vitamin A, B1, B2. clamshell contains calcium carbonate, calcium phosphate, magnesium silicate, iodine and bromine salts.

2, flower armor is rich in calcium, calcium content of 130 mg, although it can not be compared with dairy products, but it is also considered a good source of calcium.

3, flower nail is rich in vitamin B12, this material is related to the blood metabolism, the lack of people may appear pernicious anemia, especially after stomach surgery patients, B12 absorption rate is poor, you can take more flower nail.

4, taurine in the flower nail, can help bile synthesis, help cholesterol metabolism, but also maintain the potential balance of the nerve cell membrane, can be anti-spasmodic, inhibit anxiety.

5. As the fat content of the flower nail is not high, the calorie content of each 100 grams is only 55 calories, which is a low-fat meat. For people who want to control their weight, flower nails are a good choice. A 60 grams of flower nail, large flower nail about 6, the general size of the flower nail is about 22, eat up quite a sense of satiety, but the calories are only about 40 calories.

Baidu Encyclopedia - Flower Armor (Mollusc Clam)