The white dove is better. Pigeons, also known as baifeng, also known as domestic pigeons and homing pigeons, are vertebrates of pigeon genus and brooding class of pigeon family. The ancestors of pigeons are wild pigeons. Pigeons have extremely high nutritional value, which are not only precious and delicious, but also high-grade nourishing products. Pigeon meat is a high-protein and low-fat food, with protein content of 24.4%, which is higher than protein content of rabbits, cows, pigs, sheep, chickens, ducks, geese and dogs. It contains many essential amino acids in protein, and its digestibility is 5%. The fat content of pigeon meat is only 0.3%, which is lower than other meats. It is an ideal food for human beings. Pigeon eggs, known as "animal ginseng", is rich in protein. There is a folk proverb in China that "one pigeon wins nine chickens".

Pigeon meat is not only rich in nutrition, but also has a certain health care function, which can prevent and treat many diseases. "Compendium of Materia Medica" records that "pigeons have many colors, only white is used as medicine". Traditional Chinese medicine has believed that pigeon meat has the effects of nourishing liver and kidney, nourishing qi and blood, clearing away heat and toxic materials, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. According to modern medicine, pigeon meat can strengthen the body, tonify the kidney and strengthen the brain, improve memory, lower blood pressure, regulate blood sugar and beauty beauty, make the skin white and tender, and prolong life.

Pigeon liver contains the best bile, which can help the human body make good use of cholesterol and prevent arteriosclerosis. Folk call pigeons "sweet-blooded animals", and people with anemia will help restore their health after eating them. Pigeon bone is rich in chondroitin, which can be compared with chondroitin in velvet. Regular consumption has the effects of improving skin cell vitality, enhancing skin elasticity, improving blood circulation and rosy complexion. Dove meat is also rich in pantothenic acid, which has a good effect on alopecia, gray hair and premature aging. Pigeons contain more branched-chain amino acids and arginine, which can promote the synthesis of protein in vivo and accelerate wound healing. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that pigeon meat is easy to digest, has the functions of nourishing and benefiting qi, expelling wind and detoxifying, and has a good nourishing and therapeutic effect on weakness, amenorrhea due to blood deficiency, dizziness after illness, mental fatigue and so on.