Manfaat/Benefit

Kandungan gizinya yang tinggi membuatnya dipercaya memiliki khasiat sebagai aphrodisiac yang di masa tertentu hanya bisa dinikmati oleh kaum bangsawan di Tiongkok kuno.  Banyak sinshe dan ahli pengobatan China tradisional yang mencampurkan sarang burung walet ke dalam tonik penguat.  Belakangan sup sarang burung walet dikemas dan diproduksi secara moderen sebagai salah satu tonik penambah energi.

Sarang burung walet berfungsi sebagai food supplement. Asupan sarang burung walet akan menstimulus kinerja organ-organ tubuh menjadi lebih baik. Sarang burung walet mengandung protein yang berbentuk glikoprotein yang merupakan komponen terbesar selain karbohidrat, lemak, dan air. Jumlahnya mencapai 50 persen. Di tubuh, protein berperan sebagai zat pembangunan. Ia membentuk sel – sel dan jaringan baru serta berperan aktif selama metabolisme. Protein hewani memiliki ikatan senyawa lebih kompleks dari pada protein nabati.

Bahkan salah satu senyawa turunannya azitothymidine telah diteliti bisa melawan AIDS. Istimewanya lagi, sarang burung walet mengandung sumber asam amino yang lengkap. Tercatat sekitar 17 asam amino esensial, semi esensial dan non-esensial yang dimiliki. Salah satunya kini dikembangkan oleh peneliti-peneliti di barat sebagai pelawan stroke dan kanker. Mineral-mineral sarang walet tak kalah manjurnya untuk mendukung aktivitas tubuh.

Ada 6 mineral yang sudah diketahui seperti kalsium, zat besi, iodine, phospor, kalium dan natrium. Di dalam tubuh, kalsium berperan untuk pembentukan tulang. Sayangnya, mineral dan senyawa penting sarang walet mudah leyap. Oleh karena itu, Dr. Kong Yun Cheung dari Universitas Hongkong, menyarankan sarang walet tidak perlu di cuci, sebab glikoprotein akan terbuang.

Pada artikel "Yan Wo Kao" (The investigation on bird's nest) yang terbit bulanan Mingpao Vol. 231, Prof. Y. C. Kong dan Prof. P. S. Kwan (1985) menjelaskan bahwa konsumsi sarang walet di Cina untuk pertama kali dijelaskan pada sastra leluhur Cina "Hai Yu" (The language of the sea) (Huang, 1536) dalam Dinasti Ming.

Benefit.
A high nutritional content makes it is believed to have aphrodisiac properties as that in a certain period can only be enjoyed by the nobility in ancient China. Many physician and expert of traditional Chinese medicine which mixes into the bird's nest tonic amplifier. Later, bird's nest soup is packaged and produced in modern as one of the tonic energy booster.

Bird's nest serves as a food supplement. Intake of bird's nest will stimulate the performance of the organs of the body for the better. Bird's nest-shaped protein containing glycoprotein which is the largest component in addition to carbohydrates, fats, and water. Number reached 50 percent. In the body, proteins act as agents of development. He formed the cell - new cells and tissues and play an active role during metabolism. Animal protein has a bonding compound is more complex than in vegetable protein.

Even one of its derivative compounds have been studied azitothymidine can fight AIDS. Special anymore, bird nest contains a complete source of amino acids. Recorded about 17 amino acids, semi-essential and non-essential owned. One of them is now being developed by researchers in the west as stroke and cancer fighter. These minerals do not lose potency of the nest to support the activities of the body.

There are 6 known minerals such as calcium, iron, iodine, phosphorus, potassium and sodium. In the body, calcium contribute to bone formation. Unfortunately, minerals and essential compounds nest easily gone. Therefore, Dr. Yun Cheung Kong University of Hong Kong, suggesting no need to nest in the wash, because the glycoprotein will be wasted.

In the article "Yan Wo Kao" (The investigation on bird's nest) is published monthly Mingpao Vol. 231, Prof. Y. C. Kong and Prof. P. S. Kwan (1985) explains that the consumption of swallow nest in China for the first time described in the literature ancestral Chinese "Hai Yu" (The language of the sea) (Huang, 1536) in the Ming Dynasty.