BALUT: Health Benefits And Reasons Why You Should Eat It

Eating Balut is a must to include in your diet and contains nutrients beneficial to the health.

BALUT – A Filipino delicacy also known as fertilized duck egg has nutrients that is beneficial to the body the reason why you should include it in your diet.

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Photo lifted from Vagabond Journey

According to the report of Aphrodisiacs in their site, the word balut is rooted from the Malay word “balot” which means “wrap” and that perfectly describes the exotic food because it is wrap and covered by a shell.

It does not solely exists in the Philippines only. Countries like China, Cambodia, and Vietnam also has this type of food.

To make balut, duck eggs should be brought first by a balut maker. Then eggs that have been laid will be incubated surrounded by warmed husks of rice. Then wait until the eggs are ready to be boiled and be sold.

The inside of the it includes a nearly developed embryo of a duck. The embryo will be developed for 18 days

Now, here are the reasons why you should eat the said stated food. A serve of balut contains the following nutrients:

  1. It contains 188 calories. Calories help the boost its energy. And these energy is consumed during working of the bodies, to our cells to keep it alive and to the functioning of our internal organs.
  2. It has proteins which are significant building blocks in repairing and building the tissues of our body and other parts of our body like the bones, muscles, skin, blood and cartilages.
  3. The balut has 2 milligrams of Iron. Iron helps the circulation of our blood.
  4. It  has 116 milligrams Calcium wherein the Calcium helps strengthen teeth and bones and serves as protection against osteoporosis and cancer.

Balut has normally had this disgusting reputation to those who have not eaten it yet. But, one has to eat it and decide what it tastes like.

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