What is a clam? What nutrients do they contain?

Clams, shellfish and seafood is, under the Veneridae, name of the Philippines clam (Ruditapes philippinarum), commonly known as the South (Huage), said the Liaoning clam clams (Xianzi), Shandong (Gala), clam Japanese Name: Anna sytec her [thou this national]Asari, English Name: short necked clam. Clam body (dry sample) contains 18 kinds of amino acids, the total was 52.86%, among which the essential amino acids (EAA) a total of 21.58%, 40.82% of total amino acids, the ratio of essential amino acids and non essential amino acids (WEAA/WNEAA) was 88.23%, the proportion of high quality protein in accordance with standard FAO/WHO regulations, flavor amino acid (DAA) a total of 18.89%, 35.74% of total amino acids.

Morphological characteristics: the shell is small and thin, and it is long oval. The shell top slightly protruding, in front of the back edge slightly forward bending. The radiating ribs are arranged on the front and rear of the fine, coarse, and concentric growth chakra woven into linen like. The color and pattern of the surface of the shell vary greatly, with brown, dark brown, dense brown or reddish brown spots or patterns. The shell surface pale grey or red meat, with 2 to 3 light colored ribbon from the top to the ventral shell.

Clam meat tender, delicious taste, rich nutrition, high quality and inexpensive features such as cooking, salad, fried, do stuffing, taste good. In addition to fresh food, canned canned, clam dried, raw shell vacuum packed clams, baked clams, frozen clam shells, frozen clams open, blanching single quick frozen clams, frozen cooked clam meat, monomer frozen clam meat and so on. Clam can also be used as medicine, it has antihypertensive effect.

Clam meat and shellfish soft color animal, containing a lower serum cholesterol of 7 cholesterol and 24 - Dyer - Ya Jiaji cholesterol, they have a unique role in the inhibition of cholesterol synthesis and accelerate the excretion of cholesterol in liver, resulting in decreased cholesterol. They are more potent than the commonly used cholesterol lowering drugs. Clam meat stew cooked, three times a day can cure diabetes; clams meat and leek are often eaten, can treat the thirst caused by Yin deficiency, dry cough, upset, hand, foot and heart heat, etc.. Often eat clams of goiter, jaundice, poor urine, abdominal distension and other disease also has curative effect.