Nowadays, people have created various ways of eating the common foods like fish. Except the flesh, the brain, lip, eyes, scale and swimming bladder of fish have all become the food of many people. You may be puzzled by the present trend. In fact, these special parts of fish contain abundant nutrients for the human body to absorb in daily life. 

If people want to eat fish in a new and unique way, they can eat scale, eyes and lips of fish. Scale contains choline which can enhance the memory for the human body. It also contains various kinds of unsaturated fatty acid, which can prevent and treat arteriosclerosis, high blood pressure and heart disease. The unique substance contained in the scale of hairtail can even help people resist the formation of cancer. According to the experts, people can directly steam the scale of hilsa herring and Chinese herring so as to absorb the nutrients and contained in scale. Collagen is also the main component of fish’s lips. The contents of vitamin B1 and DHA are rather high in the eyes of fish. However, because of the small structure, the eyes do not contain many nutrients.

If people want to beautify the skin by eating fish, they can eat swimming bladder. A large amount of collagen is contained in swimming bladder. The collagen can improve the human tissues, accelerate the physical growth and defer the aging of skin. When people are cooking swimming bladder into dishes, they should keep the oil in a low temperature.

If people want to absorb the nutrients contained in fish, they can eat the flesh and brain of fish. The flesh of fish contains abundant high-quality protein, low fat, calcium, potassium, sodium, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin D, vitamin B complex and so on. People can find out that the flesh can be white or dark. For example, tunny, skipjack and sardine contain dark flesh and cod, large yellow croaker and flounder contain white flesh. Generally speaking, the dark flesh contains fat, vitamins and enzyme with a kind of strong fishy smell. The fishy smell in the white flesh is relatively weak. The brain of fish contains a large amount of unsaturated fatty acid which can accelerate the intelligent development for small children and deal with senile dementia for the senile people. However, the content of cholesterol contained in the brain of fish is high, so people should strictly control the intake amount.