Shrimp meat is tender and delicious, which is not only a good food to control calories in Xianyi, but also suitable for all ages. A study by Rockefeller University shows that eating a small amount of shrimp every day can improve the "good cholesterol" of the human body. Shrimp is rich in taurine and magnesium, which can protect the cardiovascular system, reduce the cholesterol content in blood, prevent arteriosclerosis, dilate coronary arteries, and help prevent hypertension and myocardial infarction.

Shrimp is a healthy food with no fat, high protein, rich nutrition and low calorie. Generally 10 shrimp has a calorie of about 200 calories, which is also a good food for people who lose weight to control calories.

Shrimp is warm and sweet, and enters the kidney meridian. Chinese medicine believes that shrimp has the effects of tonifying kidney, strengthening yang and appetizing, which is of great benefit to symptoms such as insufficient appetite, weakness of spleen and stomach, and weakness of waist and knees.

Shrimp is a very healthy food, rich in trace elements such as potassium, iodine and phosphorus, and anticancer substances such as vitamin A, selenium and vitamin D. It is a good tonic food for people who are weak and need to be nursed back to health after illness. At the same time, it is suitable for people with impotence due to kidney deficiency, male infertility, weakness of waist and legs, and leg cramps caused by calcium deficiency in middle-aged and elderly people. But allergic constitution should not eat shrimp.

Astaxanthin in shrimp is the strongest antioxidant found at present. The darker the shrimp color, the higher the astaxanthin content. Scientists at Osaka University in Japan have found that astaxanthin in shrimp also helps to eliminate the "jet lag" caused by jet lag.

It is generally believed that the cholesterol content of shrimp is high, but in fact, the cholesterol contained in shrimp can not increase the cholesterol in human blood. If you are worried about cholesterol, try to avoid eating shrimp heads and egg yolks. The frozen shrimp bought in the supermarket can be washed with water first, which can take away 40% sodium and reduce the hidden danger of hypertension.