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Shrimp is a food that many housewives love because it is delicious and can be processed into many different dishes. Shrimp is rich in nutrients such as protein, calcium, omega 3, most concentrated in shrimp meat. For people with poor health who need to supplement calcium and protein, shrimp is the top choice.

Although shrimp is rich in nutrients, not all parts of the shrimp can be eaten. Below are 3 parts of shrimp that should be limited or can be avoided.

Parts of shrimp that should not be eaten

1. Shrimp head

Lao Dong newspaper quoted Health newspaper as saying that many people think that eating shrimp heads will help improve eyesight, but some studies show that this is not entirely true, on the contrary, eating a lot of shrimp heads will affect health.

In particular, shrimp heads do not provide many nutrients but also create opportunities for bacteria to grow in the body. Therefore, eating shrimp heads should be limited, especially for pregnant women.

2. Shell

VnExpress newspaper quoted Associate Professor, Dr. Nguyen Duy Thinh, Institute of Food Technology, Hanoi University of Science and Technology, saying that the truth is that there is almost no or very little calcium in shrimp shells. Shrimp shells are hard because the main ingredient is chitin, a polymer that forms the shell for most crustaceans. The main source of calcium in shrimp is shrimp meat.

In addition, the shells of some shrimp species are relatively difficult to digest, absolutely do not let children eat them because they can easily choke.

3. Black line on the back of shrimp

The black or white line on the back of shrimp is also called shrimp thread. This is the digestive tract of shrimp containing the stomach and colon. This line is usually only seen in large shrimp.

Eating shrimp thread is not harmful to health, because the bacteria in the shrimp thread die at high temperatures when cooking. However, you should remove the shrimp thread to make the dish cleaner and more secure.

Wrong thinking when eating shrimp

Health & Life Newspaper quoted the advice of Master, Doctor Le Thi Hai, Former Director of the Nutrition Consultation Center - National Institute of Nutrition, saying that many mothers, when their children cough, avoid giving them shrimp, do not eat fishy foods such as crab, fish and especially chicken... That is completely wrong.

According to nutrition expert Le Thi Hai, cough is caused by illness, not by food. It is said that eating shrimp causes cough because of its shell and claws. When eating shrimp, if you do not peel the shell and remove the claws, it will easily get stuck in the throat, causing itching and coughing. As for the meat of shrimp, crab, or fish, it is absolutely not the cause of cough. On the contrary, shrimp, crab, and fish are rich in protein and easy to digest. Therefore, avoiding foods that people often say are fishy when children have a cough is a completely wrong concept.