ABOUT EDIBLE BIRD'S NEST - Market Demand And Medical Research
Edible Bird's Nest which is known to many Asians is usually cooked as a dessert delicacy. Taking bird nest used to be considered as symbol of success and prestige as not everyone can simply afford to buy when the selling price is comparatively much higher than the market price of metal,with the exception of gold and platinum. Ever wonder why this delicacy product is expensive in the market and yet consumers are still willing to buy these interwoven strands of saliva thread cement output from the mouth of swiftlets of Collocalia species?
In ancient China, bird's nests had been a delicacy taken only by the Chinese Emperors and their royal family members in the history of China. It was a prescription by the royal doctors that taking bird nest had numerous healing and restorative effects and could have contributed medical benefits to lung, stomach and kidney neural system. The emperors' queen and concubines use bird's nest cooked as desert almost every night to maintain a fairer skin complexion and keep looking young and radiant. All these remedial benefits had found to be recorded in several ancient medicine books. Traditional medical practice and records may become facts after advanced clinical research in today's world.
Medical research has been carried out, reporting that the enzyme and hormone present in bird's nest can stimulate reproduction and rebirth of human cells, effective results being observed when consumed by children as well as weak and sick person. A biochemist had written a book confirming that bird's nest contain some bioactive elements which can nourish and replenish human body. Nutrition that can be obtained by taking bird's nest are carbohydrates, protein, calcium, phosphorus, iron and iodine. Research pharmaceutical and herbal producing companies have been doing more research to use the edible nest as base materials for producing natural and organic health supplements.