When it comes to sashimi, people often think of salmon.
Indeed, as a representative of raw seafood, salmon has been pursued by many diners since ancient times.
Salmon, strictly speaking, is not the scientific name of the fish, but only a trade name, because the English name of Atlantic salmon carries the word "salmon", which was transliterated and translated as "salmon" when it first entered Hong Kong.
In fact, salmon is salmon, which belongs to a cold-water fish.
What are the nutritional values of salmon?
Salmon is particularly rich in nutrients, containing a variety of biologically active substances, but also contains a lot of minerals and unsaturated fatty acids, which has a lot of health effects on human health.
Salmon is particularly high in unsaturated fatty acids, which promote brain development.
In addition, salmon also contains 8 kinds of amino acids and very rich in high-quality proteins, these nutrients are higher than other fish, and are easily absorbed by the human body, can play a role in maintaining physical health, promote the normal development of the nervous system, brain and retina and other organ tissues.
Proper consumption of salmon can also play a certain role in calcium supplementation, and there are many vitamins, potassium elements and other trace elements, which can effectively supplement body nutrition and enhance immunity.
Your favorite salmon may also be fake
As a common deep-sea fish rich in high-quality DHA, it tastes fat and delicious raw, but it is likely to accidentally eat fake salmon ----- rainbow trout.
As early as a few years ago, the news of "rainbow trout" replacing salmon caused a hot discussion on the Internet.
First of all, it needs to be clear that although these two types of fish seem to be very similar and the taste is very close, the gap in nutrition is still not small, the protein content of the two is similar, but the fat content of rainbow trout is lower, and the energy is lower than that of salmon, only 68% of salmon.
The most important thing is that the salmon we usually eat is undoubtedly to obtain high-quality protein, and more importantly, to be able to obtain FDA and DHA, while rainbow trout is only about 1/4 and 1/2 of salmon.
Therefore, if you eat rainbow trout with different nutritional values at the same price as salmon, it is really not worth it.
The scariest thing is that the risk of eating rainbow trout raw will be even greater!
The most common way to eat salmon is to eat it raw, but this fish often has a certain parasite risk.
The European Food Safety Authority published a paper in 2010 --- all kinds of aquatic products, if wild-caught, whether farmed or wild, whether freshwater or marine fish, are considered to have a parasite risk.
(Image source: European Food Safety Authority)
With the exception of farmed Atlantic salmon, the risk of parasites can be controlled from farm to fork in the formal channel, while the rest of the farmed fish do not have sufficient monitoring data to determine whether the parasites in the fish are at risk.
Compared with marine fish, freshwater fish parasites are more harmful.
In general, the most common parasites in freshwater fish are liver flukes and lung flukes, and the osmotic pressure of the two is consistent with the human body, and once it enters the human body, there will be serious hidden dangers immediately.
The most important thing is whether there are parasites in freshwater cultured rainbow trout, but also rely on the breeding environment and methods, usually with the naked eye can not be identified at all, if you encounter that kind of "fished and eaten", it is bound to increase the risk of parasitic infection.
If you want to supplement your child's brain, eating more rainbow trout is actually OK
Although the nutritional value of salmon and rainbow trout is larger, and the overall fat is a little less, people still belong to high-protein meat, which is indeed a good fish.
But the premise is that it needs to be cooked in its entirety, rather than eating it raw as a salmon.
Of course, in addition to eating more fish, if you want to promote brain development, don't forget these 2 types of foods---
1. Vegetables and fruits
Eat some vegetables and fruits every day, whether it is green leafy vegetables, cruciferous vegetables, etc., all kinds of vegetables should be balanced intake, eat more fruits such as apples, cherries, strawberries, grapes, oranges, etc.
These fruits and vegetable foods contain a lot of vitamins, folic acid, iron and other trace elements, which can avoid anemia and malnutrition, and can also provide enough nutrients to the body to achieve the effect of promoting normal development.
Second, dairy products
Consume some dairy products appropriately every day, such as pure milk and yogurt.
These dairy products contain a lot of high-quality protein and calcium, which can supplement enough energy for the human body to achieve the effect of maintaining their own health, and have a very important effect on the development of children's bones, muscles, teeth and other organs.
At the end of the day, it's still the old saying----
Eat a balanced diet, with meat and vegetables, eggs and milk!