Why eat crabs on the autumn equinoxThe origin and benefits of eating crabs on the autumn equinox is the most delicious and nourishing time for crab meat. Crab is a valuable aquatic product with tender and flavorful meat. In the document "Zhou Li" recorded, crab is the Zhou dynasty at that time one of the most precious and delicious dishes, and according to the record of the geographical area of Qingzhou to speculate that the crab should be belong to the sea crabs, if you say from that time, the history of eating crab has been more than 3,000 years, but this is the earliest era of eating crabs? Archaeologists give the answer, this period is not, this period is just people began to cook the crab only. Archaeological experts after studying the Neolithic human life sites found that the crab bone residue and turtle beasts and other bones appear together, which shows that in the distance of six or seven thousand years from now there have been primitive people began to eat crabs, think about it, in the period of primitive man, people see any animal will try to eat, so that the first person to eat crabs who do not know, there is no trace of it, so why is it that now people Eat crabs like to eat with wine? In the north and south dynasty into the book of "the new story of the world" has recorded, jin dynasty celebrity bi zhuo (we often say the first crab eaters) like to eat crabs and literati with poems and poems, the left hand crab, right hand wine, and that period from the present nearly 2,000 years, but this kind of eating is later generations of people competing for imitation, and has been inherited to the present, with the people of the demand for crabs increased, to the five generations and ten kingdoms there will be a Professional crab breeders, and by the Song Dynasty, people were more skillful in the cooking of crabs, and the demand for crabs further increased, so the government even introduced regulations to pay taxes for catching crabs. Autumn equinox eating crab benefits: anti-infection, promote wound healing crab contains a lot of protein and most of the high-quality protein-based, which also contains amino acids, can increase lymphocyte immunity, promote wound healing, anti-infection effect. Arginine can participate in the body's energy metabolism and detoxification work, moderate consumption of crab can promote the body's energy balance, the body's toxins play a good role in excretion. Tumor prevention crab also contains a large amount of selenium, the content of selenium in every 100 grams of crab is as high as 56.7 micrograms. Foods with high selenium content can improve the body's immunity and also play a role in preventing tumors and fighting cancer. Rich in vitaminsCrab is rich in nutrients and contains a variety of vitamins, of which vitamin A is higher than that of other terrestrial and aquatic animals, vitamin B2 is 5-6 times higher than that of meat, 6-10 times higher than that of fish, and 2-3 times higher than that of eggs. The content of vitamin B1 and phosphorus is 6-10 times higher than that of general fish. Every 100 grams of edible part of crab contains 17.5 grams of protein, 2.8 grams of fat, 182 milligrams of phosphorus, 126 milligrams of calcium, 2.8 milligrams of iron. In addition to rich in calcium, crab shells also contain crab red pigment, crabitin and so on.