Its fattening effect is less than that of pork belly, fat meat and dessert, but greater than that of lean meat and sugar-free staple food.
Chinese medicine says:
Pig's trotters are flat, sweet and salty, and have the functions of tonifying deficiency, nourishing kidney essence, strengthening waist and knees and beautifying skin. Trotters are rich in collagen, protein and fat. It is a good nutritional product with multiple functions of skin care, beauty and fitness. Collagen in pig's trotters can promote skin cells to absorb and store water, prevent skin from drying and wrinkling, and make facial skin look plump and shiny. Chinese medicine believes that pig's trotters have the functions of dredging chest pulse, moistening skin, supporting carbuncle and detoxifying. Zhang Zhongjing, a famous doctor in Han Dynasty, wrote an article "Pig Skin Formula", pointing out that the skin on pig's trotters has the function of "nourishing blood and moistening muscles". Regular consumption of pig's trotters can prevent and treat progressive muscular dystrophy, and has a good therapeutic effect on gastrointestinal bleeding, hemorrhagic shock and neurasthenia. It can also improve microcirculation, thus improving coronary heart disease and ischemic encephalopathy. If stewed with peanuts and soybeans, it is more nutritious and has the effect of lowering blood pressure and cholesterol. Some people often have cramps or numbness in their calves, and taking certain drugs can also cause spasms. Eating pettitoes soup often can alleviate these symptoms. Pig's trotter soup can play a dual role in lactation and beauty. For patients after major surgery and recovering from serious illness, eating pig's trotters can improve the low water absorption capacity of tissues, which is conducive to the recovery of normal physiological activities of tissues and cells, accelerate metabolism and delay aging.
However, if you eat too much, you may get fat. Pig ears are high-calorie foods, and it is easy to get heart disease and cerebrovascular disease if you eat too much.