Can you eat the heads of prawns?

We usually don’t eat prawn heads, mainly because they contain a lot of waste, mainly metabolites produced by the shrimp. If we eat them, it will affect the taste and even affect the health of our stomach and intestines. Therefore, we usually remove the waste in the prawn heads before eating. Let us now understand the nutritional value of prawns and the side effects of eating prawn heads.

Can you eat the head of prawns? Try not to eat it.

Perhaps you have heard from others that the prawn head is a treasure and it would be a waste if you don’t eat it. But in fact, this is not the case. The prawn heads are not only not treasures, but also "garbage pools". Why do you say that?

Because eating the head of a prawn is equivalent to eating the shrimp's excrement, semi-digested shrimp food, and drinking the shrimp's urine. More importantly, in places with poor growth environments, the shrimp head will enrich the heavy metals in the environment.

Therefore, eating prawns may cause food poisoning. This is mainly because there is a structure called the pericardium in the cephalothorax of shrimp, which includes the stomach, liver, heart, a pair of testes/ovaries, the excretory organ antennal gland (because it is green, it is also called green gland), as well as the bladder and excretory pore. There is only one rectum and anus in the abdomen of shrimp, so the cephalothorax is the main part of shrimp for intracellular digestion and detoxification; in addition, the shrimp head is also a disaster area for heavy metal enrichment, and there are still a lot of disgusting things in the shrimp head.

In short, try not to eat the heads of prawns. If you really don’t want to waste them, try not to eat them every day or for a long time.

What are the nutritional values ​​of prawns?

1. Prawns have the effects of nourishing the kidney and strengthening yang, promoting lactation and resisting toxins, nourishing blood and consolidating essence, removing blood stasis and detoxifying, invigorating qi and nourishing yang, dredging meridians and relieving pain, and stimulating appetite and resolving phlegm.

2. Prawns are saltwater shrimps with thick meat, delicious taste and rich in protein. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that it tastes sweet, alkaline and warm in nature, and can nourish the kidneys and strengthen yang, nourish yin and strengthen the stomach. Suitable for a variety of cooking methods.

3. Prawns are warm and moist in nature, sweet and salty in taste, and enter the kidney and spleen meridians;

4. Prawns are suitable for patients with kidney deficiency, impotence, spermatorrhea, premature ejaculation, milk blockage, muscle and bone pain, hand and foot cramps, general itching, skin ulcers, physical weakness and neurasthenia.

5. The astaxanthin contained in prawns helps to eliminate the "jet lag" caused by jet lag. Astaxanthin is the red component on the surface. It is the strongest antioxidant discovered so far. The darker the color, the higher the astaxanthin content.