The great taboos when eating field crabs, the way many people eliminate fishy mouth after eating this crab soup is the most to avoid

Field crabs have high nutritional value, but absolutely do not use them raw

Crab is a very familiar food to many Vietnamese people. Especially in the summer, field crabs are used to cook many delicious and nutritious soups and are loved by many people.

TS.BS Nguyen Trong Hung (National Institute of Nutrition) said that familiar dishes made from field crabs such as crab sauce, crab soup cooked with nettles, jute vegetables, melons… are all traditional dishes. , delicious and very nutritious.

According to the National Institute of Nutrition, in 100g of crabs with shell and bibs, there are 74.4g of water, 12.3g of protid, 3.3g of lipid, 2g of glucid, providing 89g of calories. The amount of vitamins and mineral salts, especially calcium in field crabs is very high, specifically: In 100g of crabs, there are 5,040mg of calcium, 430mg of phosphorus, 4.7mg of iron, vitamins B1, B2…

In addition, the quality of protid in crab is also very high, specifically there are 8/10 essential amino acids, including lysine, methionine, valine, leucin, isoleucien, phenylalanine, threonine and trytophane (only lacking arginine and histidine).

Field crabs have many nutritional values, but absolutely must not be eaten raw or raw. Illustration.

Despite the many benefits, there are many people who think that if they do not know how to eat or combine them with foods that are incompatible with crabs, they will be harmful to health. TS.BS Nguyen Trong Hung said that, for food that is not suitable for field crabs, there is currently no official scientific study.

“When eating field crabs, it is best to process and combine to create traditional dishes such as crab moss vermicelli, crab soup… Do not eat rare, raw field crabs because they are easy to get infected with helminths (lung flukes). People who are allergic to field crabs should not eat them, “said Dr. Hung.

From the perspective of oriental medicine, general practitioner Vu Quoc Trung said that field crab is a medicine that has been used by our people for a long time with the name “filling solution”. According to Oriental medicine, “filling in” (crab) is salty, has a fishy smell, is cold, has the effect of hemolytic, tonifies tendons and bones, joints…

Crab is incompatible with what?

Regarding the information that crabs combined with some foods will be incompatible with each other and produce poison, herbalist Vu Quoc Trung said that this is possible because in oriental medicine, incompatible foods are often considered from the perspective of calculation and taste of food. food.

According to Chinese herbalist, many people after eating fishy food, especially crab soup, often have the habit of drinking tea (tea) to eliminate fishy mouth, which is absolutely not recommended. Mr. Trung explained, drinking tea (especially solid tea) after eating crabs can cause indigestion, abdominal pain… because when entering the body, the tea will cause some components of the crabs to be closed. thickened, difficult to digest.

After eating field crab absolutely do not drink tea immediately. Illustration.

After eating field crabs, you should not use fruits such as melons, melons (fruits that are abundant in summer), because this is also a type of fruit with welding properties, while crabs also have welding properties, if eaten together. easy to cause cold stomach, diarrhea. Some fruits rich in vitamin C such as grapefruit, oranges, etc. should also not be eaten with field crabs because they easily cause precipitation, which is harmful to the digestive system.

In addition, field crabs should not be combined with honey, because crabs are soldering, but honey has a thermogenic (hot) nature, if eaten together, it will irritate the digestive system, easily causing diarrhea and food poisoning.

Chinese herbalist added that usually field crabs are combined with some vegetables such as jute vegetables, spinach, spinach … however, it should also be noted that field crabs should not be cooked with potatoes, sweet potatoes or other vegetables. Do not eat these two at the same time. Because potatoes, sweet potatoes contain a large amount of phytic acid and crabs are rich in calcium, the combination will increase the risk of stone formation, forming kidney stones.

“Because copper crab has a cold property, people who are prone to colds, colds, coughs, asthma, and flu should not eat it. When choosing crabs, it is necessary to choose healthy crabs because crabs faint, dead crabs easily produce toxins that cause poisoning. Absolutely do not eat leftover crab soup, because then the crab meat has been decomposed, metamorphosed, causing poisoning, “said Trung.