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Cruelty on the tip of the tongue: Why don’t you eat bird’s nest?9 plants are more beautiful than bird's nest!

Aiyuan Nursing Association
► In spring, nature has many beautiful scenes - sprouting branches, bright green breaking through the ground, red and red tassels and flowers blooming, and swallows flying in the air!Every spring, Swallow parents start building nests to welcome the arrival of Swallow babies.

But since people in cities began to eat a food called "bird's nest", there are fewer swallows in cities. Even if wild swallows build their nests on the edge of a cliff, people would rather risk their lives to steal their nests!


Bird's nest,For vegetarians, the question of whether bird's nest can be eaten has always been controversial.Some people say that the way to get bird's nest is cruel, some people say that they don't eat it as long as the animals are hurt, and some people say that bird's nest is the saliva of swallows, which is originally vegetarian and can be eaten.

Can you eat bird's nest?



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What is bird's nest

Bird's nest, the correct translation is SWIFLETS NEST。 It has always been considered a tonic. It is a bird's nest formed by growing in the waters of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, and likes to live in rock caves on cliffs in Hainan. It is a bird's nest called "swallows" that uses fresh moss, seaweed and soft plant Weaving Fiber to mix their feathers and saliva as a hiding place.

Bird's nests are not something that can be eaten directly after being picked. They are part that needs to be deeply processed for human consumption.People take down this kind of bird's nest and refine and select it to become a precious bird's nest.




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Bird's nest is not as nutritious as a piece of tofu

 Let's first take a look at the life habits of swiftlets 
Today, the living habits of swiftlets have been understood very clearly.It mainly feeds on insects, and it vomits its own saliva, not food that is not digested.Therefore, the ancient reasoning about the medicinal properties of bird's nest became nonsense.

Bird's nest is nothing more than the saliva, feathers, some branches from the place of origin, and even the feces of young swallows.However, many people believe that although the theory of traditional Chinese medicine may not be reliable, bird's nest contains many health-friendly substances, so it has more or less a health-care effect.Is this the truth?


 Scientists analyze the chemical composition of bird's nest
Dry bird's nest contains about 50% water-soluble protein, 30% carbohydrates, about 10% water and some minerals, and does not contain any magical things.Of course, because the ingredients of bird's nest are too complicated, all the ingredients can not be fully analyzed so far.

Bird's nest has a high protein content, but is lower than tofu skin and pig skin, so fake molecules are usually used to imitate pig skin.Moreover, some studies have shown that the protein in bird's nest does not include all kinds of essential amino acids and cannot be considered high-quality protein.In fact, for humans, the best protein is found in daily foods, such asSoybeans, tofu, peanuts.


 Not magical sialic acid
For example, the sialic acid (after all, it is the saliva of the swift), which is a derivative of neuramine, is the main biologically active ingredient in bird's nest, and has an important regulatory effect on the physiological and biochemical functions of the human body. It is also one of the important nutrients obtained by babies from mother's colostrum. It can improve children's intellectual development and enhance immunity.

This thing is also contained in breast milk, and the content is not low.Therefore, this little thing in the bird's nest is not worth the price at all.




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Is bird's nest really safe?

In fact, bird's nests exported to China from Singapore and Indonesia have been found to contain excessive heavy metals. If pregnant women eat such bird's nests, it will increase the fetal teratogenic rate.In addition, the natural bird's nest contains bird feathers, bird droppings, branches and some other impurities.The process of removing these impurities is very cumbersome, soIn order to clean bird's nest, many businesses have added bleach to bleach.


It is reported that,2017On March 8, 2019, the Ministry of Agriculture and Agricultural Basic Industry of Malaysia reached out to the World Organization for Animal Health ( OIE) Emergency report: On February 28, Kelantan H5N1 Subtype of highly pathogenic avian influenza.It is understood that the susceptible animals involved in this Malaysian avian influenza epidemic were 26 poultry, 16 were ill and died, and 11 of them were destroyed.To this end, my country has completely suspended the import of Malaysian bird's nest products.

Rizhao Inspection and Quarantine Department reminds consumers that according to the latest requirements of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, please do not bring or mail Malaysian bird's nest products into the country.On March 11, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine updated the "Countries that Prohibit the Epidemic of Animal Diseases" /List of animals and products imported from the region", among which Malaysia's "poultry and related products" are listed as prohibited goods, including bird's nest and other related products.

“Malaysian bird's nest and other poultry and related products that have been shipped since the outbreak of the epidemic will be suspended for acceptance of inspection and entry will be prohibited.”




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Can vegetarians eat bird's nest?

Most bird's nests that will be seized by humans are from the mouth of "swallows". In the general impression, the cruelty of bird's nest lies in its collection process. The swiftlets work hard to build nests and raise broods on cliffs with saliva. However, in order to obtain bird's nest, the collector's nest is regardless of whether there are eggs or small swallows in the bird's nest. After picking them, it will clear the light. Not only will it take away the swallow's home, but it also kills their children.

In addition to causing the death of the little swallow, picking bird's nests is also harmful to workers.Wild bird's nests are mostly built in caves on cliffs. Often, collecting workers fall to death during climbing. They exchange the blood of animals and workers, making the international image of eating bird's nests extremely poor.


Although there are reports that this phenomenon is almost non-existent.The collection of wild bird’s nests has been strictly regulated by the Malaysian government and an artificial breeding system has been developed to maintain export demand.

But can we really guarantee complete damage?


As we said above, bird's nest is not as nutritious and not safe as imagined.In addition, it will inevitably cause damage of all sizes during the collection process.

Bird's nest is a nest where swallows' saliva mixed with feathers, which contains protein, sugar and some minerals.Some people say that there is no other reason not to eat bird's nest, but they just think that eating swallows is a bit cruel, and when they think of saliva, they are a little disgusting.

In addition, YannestLike milk, it comes from animal body fluids.Just oneindivualIt's saliva, anotherindivualIt's milk.Almost something.We don’t eat milk and eggs, and we don’t eat bird’s nest either.




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What can replace bird's nest

In fact, beauty can be simpler, more compassionate, and nobler. There are many foods that have nutritional effects far exceeding bird's nest in the plant kingdom.Today I will share with you 9 super beautiful plants essences -Peach gum, soap bean rice, golden ears, snow swallows, lotus seeds, tremella, water chestnut and red beansAnd supplements with soup.


Peach gum
Peach gum is very common in southern cities. In the north, you need to go to the dry goods stalls in large wholesale markets to buy.After being soaked, the peach glue can grow very much. Buy about 200 grams and it can last for a long time.
The amount of food should not exceed fifteen grams each time.Peach gum is a substance without odor. It can be eaten in many ways, stir-fry and mix.It is best to eat peach gum with substances with beauty effects such as tremella and papaya, so that you can not only eat delicious food, but also have youthful and beautiful skin.You can also apply the soaked peach glue directly on the skin, which can have a good effect of whitening and removing wrinkles.

How to soak peach glue:
1.Take 3-5 peach gum, which is basically enough for one person to eat.Pay attention to the amount, the foaming rate is very magical!
2.Soak it in cold water for about 10 hours.The southern region is very wet and cold in winter, so it is best to soak for 24 hours, so the bigger the more you soak.
3.After soaking, wash in water if there are any impurities. The impurities are not sticky and it is easy to wash!
4.Drain after soaking, set aside!Three or five can make a bowl,Surprise!So don’t put too much into a basin, as it will not shrink back after soaking it!


Soapcorn rice

Soapcorn rice is actually the fruit of soapcorn. In addition to the common name of soapcorn rice, it also has the alias of snow lotus seeds, soapcorn kernels, soapcorn essence, etc.Soapcorn rice is a relatively "scarce" cereal, mainly because its origin is mainly "limited" in Yunnan and Guizhou areas in my country, and is rarely grown in other places.


Many people like to add alkali to make the porridge more viscous, but this comes at the cost of destroying the nutrients in the porridge.In fact, you might as well add some soapcorn rice when cooking porridge, which can also make the porridge sticky and palatable. This is a wonderful use of soapcorn rice.
Plant gelatin is a valuable nutrient that has many health care values.It has the effect of preventing and alleviating constipation in people who are prone to constipation;For diabetics, it can help control the rate of blood sugar rise after meals and prevent blood sugar from rising and falling like a "roller coaster";It is also a great blessing for overweight and obese people, which is conducive to inhibiting excessive fat absorption and helping to maintain a slim figure.
How to soak soap rice:
Each person will have about 7 grams each time, about 15-20 particles, soak them for 15-24 hours first, and change the water 2-3 times in the middle.The soaked soapy rice looks crystal clear and simmered slowly for 20-30 minutes. It can be a pressure cooker or a regular pot.
effect:Replenish collagen and moisturize the skin
recommend:Can be matched with peach gum, cranberries, tremella, red dates and other ingredients
Recommended soup:Peach Gum Soap Corn Rice Tremella Cranberry Soup


Yellow ears

Yellow ears are produced in Lijiang area of Yunnan Province and grow on red pear nanmu. The yield is not large and relatively precious. They are made into blocks in dry form and look like osmanthus after water.


Yellow ears contain protein, fat, carbohydrates, minerals, vitamins, gels and other nutrients.
The main effects are:
1. Improve the body's metabolic function and inhibit the growth of tumor cells;
2. Regulate the body's metabolic skills, improve the body's condition, and improve the body's hemoglobin and plasma content;
3. Improve the body's anti-aging and anti-oxygen capacity, lower blood lipids and cholesterol;
4. Promote liver metabolism, prevent fat accumulation in the liver, improve liver detoxification function, can effectively prevent diseases and exercise, and delay aging.
5.It can be used to treat lung heat, excessive phlegm, colds, cough, asthma, and hypertension.

Yellow ears, red datesOr southern dates)Boiling sugar water with pears can nourish yin, moisten the lungs and nourish the kidneys, which is suitable for everyone.For vegetarians, it is even more of a "source" in their diet.



Snow Swallow

Snow swallow is actually a secretion of the plant thorn, which comes from the plant Gum TragacanthTragacanth Gum,Native to the arid areas of the eastern Mediterranean and the plateaus and deserts in southwestern and northern Asia, there are also small distributions in Southeast Asia, India, Vietnam, Laos, Malaysia, etc.

Snow birds are known as "wild plant bird's nest" and are a good tonic product for women. All the ingredients of Snow birds are locked in the gel. After soaking for 15 hours, they can increase volume by 30-50 times and keep nutrients without losing. After soaking, they can use a colander to clean up a little impurities, and stew them together with cranberries, peach gum, and soap bean rice. A rich tonic collagen sweet soup will make a brilliant appearance. Just eat it for about 3-5 grams per person. Pregnant women can eat it during breastfeeding!


Lotus seeds
Red lotus seeds retain more seed coat than white lotus seeds. When the fruits are ripe in autumn, the lotus chamber is cut and the fruit is taken out. The white lotus seeds are removed. After drying, they are red lotus seeds. After the red lotus seeds are processed and peeled, they become white lotus seeds.


Lotus seeds are rich in protein, carbohydrates, calcium, phosphorus, iron and a variety of vitamins needed by the human body. They are suitable for both young and old.


Tremella

Tremella, also known as white fungus, snow ears, Tremella, etc., belongs to the fungus Tremella family. It is the fruiting entity of the fungus Tremella in the Basidiomycetes. It has the beauty of "the crown of bacteria". It not only nourishes the spleen and opens the appetite, but also has the effects of nourishing qi and clearing the intestines, nourishing yin and moistening the lungs. It can not only enhance human immunity, but also enhance the tolerance of tumor patients to radiotherapy and chemotherapy.Tremella is rich in natural plant-based gelatin, and has the effect of nourishing yin, making it a good moisturizing food that can be taken for a long time.

How to soak the tremella:
1.First, soak the tremella in cold water for 1 to 1.5 hours.(Warm water is available in winter ),Then sort out the dirt.
2.Some Tremella will become a lot after soaking, so please soak it according to your appetite.
3.It is best to eat Tremella on the same day after cooking.


Gorgeous Fruit & Red Beans

- Gorgeous ferment -

Gorgon is a kind of astringent medicine among traditional Chinese medicine. It is a dry and mature seed of the plant Corgon in the Waterlily Family. It has high dietary therapeutic value. It has been a good thing to maintain youthful vitality and prevent premature aging since ancient times in my country.

The method of eating water chestnuts is very simple.In autumn, use water chestnuts to nourish the water chestnuts. The easiest thing is to make water chestnut porridge: pour 50 grams of fried water chestnuts into a pot, add water and boil for a while, then add 100 grams of washed rice, and the porridge is ready to eat.Eating regularly can strengthen the body, strengthen the muscles and bones, and have a clear ear and eye.
You can also make water chestnut paste: grind 1,000 grams of fried water chestnut into powder. When taking it, take 50-100 grams of powder and rinse it with water.As you like, you can add sesame, peanut kernel, walnut meat, etc.


- Red beans -
Spring, especially in the south, because of the weather like the return to the south, the humid and stuffy climate allows moisture to penetrate deep into the body through the pores, and the cold air brought by a cold winter accumulates in the body and cannot be relieved!Eating more red beans is helpful to remove dampness!Especially for girls, their bodies are relatively weak. Once cold and dampness accumulates, their faces will be poor. The so-called "heart is bright on the face" means that the face also reflects the health of the heart, mentality, etc. The red beans start to nourish us from the heart, so that we will have a good face full of blood from spring!


Pueraria root & yam tablets

- Pueraria root -

Pueraria is rich in flavonoids and puerarin. Currently, isoflavones are mainly extracted from soybeans.As people continue to deepen their research on wild kudzu, it is found that the content and activity of isoflavones in wild kudzu far exceed that in soybeans. Pueraria root is now widely valued in women's health care in Europe, America and Japan.

Eating wild kudzu food regularly can nourish the skin, promote fairness, shinyness and delicate skin, and make women look youthful.
Eating wild kudzu food regularly can regulate menopause syndrome, and eating wild kudzu products regularly can prevent osteoporosis.
The research results show that the isoflavone component in Pueraria root not only has effective anti-breast cancer effects, but also has the function of preventing cardiovascular diseases.

- Yam tablets -

It is said that "eat radishes in winter and ginger in summer", so what should I eat in autumn? Whether it is men, women, young and old, yam is the best nourishing food in autumn.
Yam is a medicine to nourish the middle and qi, and has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach. It is especially suitable for people with weak spleen and stomach to eat before taking nourishment.Add 20 grams of yam, jujubes, rice(Half of japonica rice and glutinous rice)Cooking into porridge is a good choice.
For women, it nourishes qi and nourishes blood and warms hands and feet.Cold hands and feet often have a special liking for women. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that cold hands and feet are closely related to weak constitution, while yam, barley soup and longan yam soup both have good effects of nourishing the middle, invigorating qi and nourishing blood, and are especially suitable for patients with cold hands and feet.


Red dates & lily & longan meat & wolfberry

- red dates -

Red dates, also known as jujube.It is characterized by its very high vitamin content, it is known as "natural vitamin pills", and it has the effects of nourishing yin and yang and blood;It also contains substances that inhibit cancer cells and can even convert cancer cells into normal cells.


- Lily -

Lily dietary therapy effects:
Moisturize the lungs and relieve cough:Fresh lily products contain mucus and have the effect of moistening dryness and clearing heat. It is often effective in treating symptoms such as dry lung or cough with lung heat.
Relax your mind:Lily enters the Heart Sutra and is slightly cold in nature. It can clear the mind and relieve restlessness, calm the mind and calm the mind.
Beauty and beauty care:Lilies are white and beautiful, fresh products are rich in mucus and vitamins, which are beneficial to the metabolism of skin cells. Eating lilies regularly has a certain cosmetic effect.
Anti-cancer:Lily contains a variety of alkaloids, which has a preventive effect on leukopenia, can increase blood cells and improve the body's humoral immunity. Therefore, lily has a good anti-smelting effect on a variety of cancers.
Lily is sweet, cool, clear and moist, and is mainly used to enter the lungs and heart. It is good at clearing the lungs and moistening the dryness and relieving cough, clearing the heart and calming the mind and calming the fear. It is commonly used for dry cough, deficiency and restlessness of the lungs.


- Longan meat -

Dietary therapeutic effects of longan meat:
Warm and tonic:Children often catch colds and have weak constitutions and often wet the bed, and have poor memory. Drinking more longan tea can enhance brain power and improve physical fitness.
Breast enhancement:Traditional Chinese medicine says that women are responsible for blood and energy. Women who often eat Guiyuan have a rosy complexion and a plump figure, so many breast enhancement prescriptions are matched with longan.
Sleeping:Traditional Chinese medicine says that longan has the effects of calming the mind and nourishing the heart, nourishing blood and nourishing the spleen, and is very suitable for people with long-term insomnia.
Replenish blood:It can improve cardiovascular circulation, stabilize mental state, relieve stress and tension. Longan is rich in glucose, sucrose, protein, a variety of vitamins and trace elements, and has a good nourishing and tonic effect.


- Wolfberry -

Lycium berries have too many effects, so here is to share how to choose good wolfberry.
1.Distinguish from color
Fresh wolfberry has different colors depending on the origin, but the color is soft, shiny and full of flesh;The wolfberry dyed wolfberry is mostly old products from previous years. From a sense of appearance, the meat is poor, dull, but the appearance is bright and attractive, soWhen buying wolfberry, you must not be greedy for "color". Normally, the tip pedicles of wolfberry are mostly yellow or white, the pedicles of wolfberry soaked with pigments are red, and the ones baked with sulfur are dark brown.Since wolfberry dyed with pigments is particularly afraid of water, it is recommended that you put a few wolfberry into water when purchasing wolfberry, or deliberately rub it with damp hands. If it fades, it means that you have used pigment.
2.Distinguish from shape
Do not be greedy when buying wolfberry.Ningxia wolfberry has high medicinal value, but is not as large as Inner Mongolia, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places.Ningxia wolfberry will float up after soaking in water, Inner Mongolia wolfberry will sink, while Xinjiang wolfberry will be round and easy to distinguish.These wolfberry types are made of large and plump.Because soaking in alum water will make the wolfberry fruit particles bigger, many businesses use this method.However, the wolfberry soaked in alum is easy to distinguish. If this wolfberry is exposed to light, there will be shiny crystal points on the surface of the medicinal material;In addition, "toxic wolfberry" feels a little sticky to the touch, while natural wolfberry is drier.
3.Distinguish from smell
For wolfberry fumigated by sulfur, you only need to grab it and cover it with your hands for a while, then put it under your nose to smell it. If you can smell the irritating and choking smell, you will definitely be fumigated by sulfur.
4.Distinguish from taste
Ningxia wolfberry is sweet and tastes particularly sweet, but there is a hint of bitterness in the throat after eating;The wolfberry in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang and other places is a bit greasy. The wolfberry soaked with alum will have the bitter taste of alum when chewed. As for wolfberry that has been sulphurized, the taste is sour, astringent and bitter.


- Tips -

Any combination of these ingredients is OK. I will soak all the ingredients myself the night before and put them in the electric cooker the next day and cook them. OK Oh, there is no special method. It is recommended to add less sugar, it is best not to add sugar!



Beautiful
Simpler, more compassionate, more noble


Cruelty,
We have many choices

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