Can I eat squid during menstruation?

We also call squid "jugong", and cuttlefish "cuttlefish". Squid is a common seafood. We often use squid to match other ingredients to make various dishes. Squid is very delicious. Not only children but also the elderly can eat squid. Therefore, squid is also a food suitable for all ages and is deeply loved by people.

Squid is rich in vitamins and proteins, and its fat content is very low. Although squid is delicious, not everyone can eat it because it has a high cholesterol content.

Squid, also known as squid, cuttlefish or calamari, is an animal of the suborder Osmoothias in the class Cephalopoda of the phylum Mollusca. The body is slender and tapered, with ten tentacles, two of which are longer. There is a suction cup at the front end of the tentacle, and inside the suction cup there is a horny tooth ring. When hunting food, the tentacles are used to wrap around it and swallow it. They like to gather in groups, especially during the mating and spawning season in spring and summer. Squid was first recorded in the Song Dynasty in China.

Squid is a shallow-water species that mainly lives within the continental shelf, but there are also dense groups on the edge of the continental shelf at a depth of about 150 to 200 meters. It is mostly active in the middle and lower layers during the day and often rises to the middle and upper layers at night. The range of vertical movement is from the surface to more than 100 meters. The body is streamlined, with a relatively large relative length and low resistance, and with the auxiliary propulsion of the terminal fin, it is one of the fastest swimming types among cephalopods. However, because its movement is propelled by spraying water from a funnel, it is often affected by wind and current during the parade. The squid is a ferocious carnivorous animal that feeds mostly on small pelagic species such as small male fish, sardines, trevally and shrimps. It also preys on its own kind in large numbers. The squid itself is an important food for tuna, mackerel, hairtail and seabirds.

The nutritional value of squid is very high. It is rich in protein, calcium, taurine, phosphorus, vitamin B1 and other nutrients needed by the human body, and the content is extremely high. In addition, the fat content is extremely low. High cholesterol content.

Who should not eat more?

So, although squid is delicious, it is not suitable for everyone. Patients with cardiovascular diseases such as hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, arteriosclerosis, and liver diseases should eat it with caution. Squid is cold in nature, so people with weak spleen and stomach should eat less of it. Squid is an allergenic food and people suffering from eczema, urticaria and other diseases should avoid eating it.

Squid has high nutritional value, but it is not suitable for people with hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, weak spleen and stomach, etc. Friends who can eat it should not be greedy.

Every 100 grams of fresh squid meat contains about 15 grams of protein and 230 international units of vitamin A, which is about twice that of squid. Dried squid is a dried product of Chinese squid.

Above we introduced what squid is. We know that squid is also called squid or cuttlefish. Squid has high nutritional value and is also very beneficial. However, we must know that squid has a high cholesterol content, so patients with high blood lipids, high cholesterol and cardiovascular diseases should not eat it. However, there is no problem eating squid during menstruation.