Can I eat fish maw if I suffer from high blood pressure?

Modern people attach great importance to nourishing the body, especially the elderly like to eat some ingredients with nourishing effects, such as ginseng and other traditional nourishing ingredients. Recently, many people have begun to eat fish maw, a new type of nourishing ingredient. Fish maw is rich in protein and can supplement the body's necessary substances. However, some people with high blood pressure may have concerns about eating fish maw. So, can you eat fish maw if you suffer from high blood pressure?

Isinglass is a dried product of fish bladder (an auxiliary respiratory organ). Its main ingredients are high-grade collagen, multiple vitamins, and various trace elements such as calcium, zinc, iron, and selenium. Its protein content is as high as 84.2% and fat is only 0.2%, making it an ideal high-protein, low-fat food. It is the raw material for the human body to supplement and synthesize protein, and is easy to absorb and utilize.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, fish maw has a very nourishing and therapeutic effect. It is made from dried fish bladders. Generally, huge sturgeons and large yellow croakers are used as raw materials. Since various fish maws and fish maws are processed according to different fish types, the hardness of the fish bladders also varies. It can be divided into three types: wide belly, fish maw and fried belly.

1. For women who love beauty, fish maw is a good choice for supplementing collagen and maintaining or restoring skin elasticity. Most of the protein in human skin is collagen, and the network structure it forms supports the skin, making it smooth, plump, soft and elastic.

2. When men eat fish maw, it can replenish essence and blood and make them energetic. It is most suitable for men with high work pressure and those who work hard.

3. Pregnant women can eat it. You can eat it several times before giving birth. This will make you feel more comfortable after delivery, and your baby's skin will be whiter and healthier after birth!

4. Eating fish maw can improve appetite for the elderly by enhancing gastrointestinal digestion and absorption function, prevent and treat symptoms such as loss of appetite, anorexia, indigestion, abdominal distension, constipation, etc. It can also strengthen brain and nerve function, improve thinking and intelligence, maintain normal gland secretion, and prevent mental retardation, nerve conduction block, slow reaction, senile forgetfulness and other symptoms.

5. The weak

Fish maw is very suitable as a tonic for people with weak constitution, deficiency of true yin, mental overwork and excessive sexual intercourse.

However, patients with heart disease, hypertension and hyperlipidemia need to be guided correctly when eating fish maw.