Bird's nest is really not that nutritious. Most of the other foods we eat are whole-cell foods, which are rich in all kinds of raw materials needed by the human body. The components and functions of bird's nest are single, and the nutritional components of bird's nest are limited in terms of nutritional value.

"Bird's Nest" is an excellent beauty tonic in Chinese medicine, but from the perspective of western medicine nutrition, its protein content is 49.9%, which is not as good as the same amount of crab meat. Protein is mainly collagen, which belongs to incomplete protein.

In this sense, the nutritional value of bird's nest is not comparable to that of eggs and meat. The sugar content is 30.6%, which is not as good as the same amount of grain; Its fat content is 0.3%, which is not as good as the same amount of meat and soybeans, so bird's nest has no particularly high nutritional value.

Extended data:

Bird's Nest contains 50% protein, 30% carbohydrate, 5% iron, 3% other minerals and 0/.4% cellulose. Protein of bird's nest is mainly mucin secreted by epithelial cells (in other words, saliva), which only contains 1 essential amino acid (lysine) and 3 conditionally essential amino acids (some people lack it).

The human body needs 8 kinds of essential amino acids, 13 kinds of conditionally essential amino acid. Therefore, the protein nutritional value of bird's nest is extremely low, which has been confirmed by animal experiments. The nutritional value of bird's nest protein lies in quantity, not quality. Therefore, the nutritional value of bird's nest in protein is far less than that of meat, soybeans and other high-protein foods.

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