The small predatory fish has a unique taste and is most valued for its ability to stimulate the production of insulin and lower blood sugar. But of particular nutritional value is capelin caviar. Having studied its benefits and harms, many are forced to admit that it is in no way inferior to red caviar. Read on the composition and properties of capelin, and how it affects the human body.
What beneficial substances does it contain?
Capelin is 78% water, 13% protein and 7 to 18% is fats (including omega-3 acids). Calorie content and fat content depend on the season. Spring catch is considered dietary, it only 116 kcal. Autumn fish may contain kcal 2 times more - up to 217 per 100 g. There are no carbohydrates in capelin, it is easily absorbed and quickly gives energy.
List of nutrients contained in capelin, in descending order:
- potassium - 260 mg;
- phosphorus - 240 mg;
- chlorine - 165 mg;
- sulfur - 140 mg;
- sodium - 70 mg;
- magnesium and calcium - 30 mg each;
- vitamin PP - 3.6 mg
- vitamin C - 1.8 mg;
- Vitamin E - 1.5 mg;
- zinc - 1 mg;
- copper - 0.2 mg;
- vitamins B2 and B6 - 0.15 mg each;
- Manganese - 0.05 mg;
- iron - 0.04 mg;
- Vitamin B3 - 0.03 mg;
- fluorine - 430 mcg;
- Vitamin A - 60 mcg;
- chromium - 55 mcg;
- iodine - 50 mcg;
- Vitamin B9 - 17 mcg;
- cobalt - 8 mcg;
- molybdenum and nickel - 5 mcg each.
The most significant in terms of meeting the daily need for capelin are: phosphorus (30%), iodine (33%), vitamin PP (18%), chromium (110%), cobalt (80%), copper (21%) and potassium ( 12%).
Benefits for the body
The rich composition of capelin speaks for itself. Sea fish from the smelt family is useful for maintaining the health of many organs and systems: the thyroid gland, brain, nerves, blood vessels, heart, bone and muscle tissue. Its main valuable properties:
- capelin normalizes blood sugar;
- strengthens tooth enamel and bones;
- accelerates metabolism and normalizes the digestive tract;
- recommended as a dietary product;
- slows down the aging process after 50 years;
- improves sexual function in women and men;
- stabilizes the heart rhythm;
- Helps to recover quickly after an injury, illness, stress.
It is recommended to introduce it into a weekly diet for diabetics and cores. Diet fish is indicated for gout and chronic fatigue, apathy, loss of strength.
What is caviar useful for?
Capelin caviar is small, dense, light in color. In its natural form, it is almost impossible to purchase. To kill a specific taste, caviar is often flavored with all kinds of seasonings and additives. The canned product is tinted for a pleasant pinkish-orange color.
The caviar of the Japanese subspecies Shishamo capelin has its own name - masago. They often make rolls with her, for example, California.
Capelin caviar is considered very useful. It is digested much better than meat - almost 95%. It contains proteins, fatty acids, vitamins and minerals. Only 30 g of the product can fully satisfy the daily requirement for vitamin B12 and about 25% in vitamins E, B4, B2. Properties that it possesses:
- antioxidant;
- antitoxic;
- nutritious;
- anti-atherosclerosis.
Capelin caviar is recommended to be systematically eaten with significant physical exertion, diabetes, decreased pancreatic function, in old age. It refers to prophylactic agents against thrombosis, rickets, heart disease.
Harmful properties
Capelin can cause harm with poor quality of fish, insufficient heat treatment, as well as in the case of excessive consumption of food. What negative effects should beware:
- Smoked and smoked capelin or its caviar are often made in a cheap way using "liquid smoke" and contain dangerous carcinogens.
- In a canned product, you can often find thickeners, dyes and additives that negatively affect digestion and increase the risk of allergies.
- If you season capelin with mayonnaise or soybean oil, you can quickly gain excess weight and earn obesity.
- Smoked fish is also dangerous because with this cooking method it is impossible to destroy all parasites. When ingested, they cause significant harm.
- Sometimes capelin is caught in ecologically disadvantaged areas. Such a product cannot be eaten, as it contains mercury compounds.
- A fish, due to a sufficiently large amount of its salt, can cause edema, especially with kidney disease, pregnancy.
Who doesn’t want to eat capelin?
In moderate amounts, capelin does not have absolute contraindications, except for individual intolerance. It can cause allergic reactions in people with hypersensitivity to other seafood. Moreover, the level of allergenicity of capelin caviar is 5–6 times higher than that of fish meat.
Some individuals are advised to limit its use to a minimum or to temporarily exclude it from the diet. List of relative contraindications:
- ulcer;
- poisoning;
- age up to 2 years;
- renal failure;
- atherosclerosis;
- high blood pressure.
To minimize the harm of capelin, it is recommended to bake, and not fry, and eat with vegetables. For example, with mashed potatoes.
Benefits for male and female body
For men, capelin is one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids. It is useful for the prevention of prostate diseases, as well as increasing male potency. After 50 years, meat and capelin caviar helps maintain a healthy cardiovascular system and minimizes the risk of heart attack, ischemia, and stroke.
The fish helps women to stabilize the functioning of the nervous system, improves mood and increases stress resistance. It has a beneficial effect on the production of sex hormones, the health of the skin and hair. Using it regularly, you can not be afraid to get better. The fats it contains destroy “bad” cholesterol. During pregnancy, capelin is indispensable in the first trimester, when the laying and active formation of the internal organs and systems of the fetus occur.
In the Far East, capelin is called shortly and comically "uek".
How long is capelin stored?
Like any other fish, capelin quickly deteriorates, and the missing one causes severe poisoning. When prepared, it can be stored in the refrigerator for no longer than 2 days. Frozen fish is stored in the freezer for 3 months.
How much capelin can you eat in a day?
In order for capelin to bring only benefit, and not harm, the daily norm should be observed. An adult is allowed to eat up to 250 g of the finished product per day.
Capelin cannot be called a universal fish. Due to its specific taste, some simply adore it, others cannot stand it. If fish meat or caviar is a favorite delicacy, you should not deny it. However, for the benefit, it is better to choose a raw product and cook it yourself. Eating food 1-2 times a week, you will soon notice that the hair has acquired a healthy shine, the skin has smoothed, strength has appeared, and your mood has improved!