In life, we often supplement some nutrients to the body properly, which is to some extent health preservation, but there are many methods of health preservation, including food and exercise. Many people will wonder, which has higher nutritional value, the cockerel or the old hen? In fact, this is indeed a problem, but the specific problems are analyzed in detail.

In China culture, it seems that the older things are, the more valuable they are. As things stand. This has almost become a kind of folk knowledge. But this must be the most correct. Doesn't chicken have its own unique nutritional value?

First of all, the old hen stew is more beneficial to the body, which is a folk saying. In fact, there is no such discussion in science Many people know that stew is more nutritious because old hens live longer and absorb more human essence. But this is not true, because in fact, the nutritional components of chicken are mainly fat and protein, so the contents of these two components are similar for both old hens and young hens.

In addition, the chicken oil content of the old hen raised for many years is too high, so with the increase of age, the fat content in her body is increasing, and then the proportion of the old hen chicken is decreasing, and the meat quality is shrinking, which will reduce the water retention capacity of the chicken and weaken its elasticity, making the chicken thicker and tougher, so the obvious result is that it is not easy to be absorbed by the human body after cooking.

However, experienced people know that the old hen is more fragrant. In fact, this is mainly due to the longer growth period of the old hen, and the nitrogen-containing substances such as creatine and creatinine in its own meat can make people feel more delicious, so from this perspective, the soup stewed with the old hen is more mellow and delicious.

According to the latest nutrition, generally speaking, it is most appropriate to stew chicken soup for 60 to 90 minutes. It should also be noted that if the stewing time can be increased, the nutritional value will be reduced. No matter how long it is stewed, the nutrients in chicken soup can only keep about 10% in chicken, so it is obvious that it is wrong to say that chicken soup is richer in nutrients than chicken.

So from the above, many folk remedies are not necessarily correct. Old hens will naturally smell more fragrant to some extent, but when it comes to nutritional value, they are almost the same as chickens, mainly because of the same material composition, and the nutritional value should be reflected in specific practices. This is the most scientific explanation.