Crab : Health Benefits

Blue Crab

Good for diabetics:

1. Crabs are rich in chromium, which helps insulin to metabolize sugar, and thereby lowers the blood glucose levels in the body along with all other sea foods.

Anti-cancer properties:

Three Spotted Crab

1. Crab has a plenty of selinium in it, which is a anti-oxidant.
2. Crab cancels out the carcinogenic effects of cadmium, mercury and arsenic, which can cause tumors.
3. Higher levels of selenium in the blood lead to lower rates of cancer
4.  lysate, which is extracted from the blue blood of the horse-shoe crab is used for detection of spinal meningitis and for fighting cancer.

Cholesterol:

1.  Blue crabs have 28mg of cholesterol per ounce, Dungeness crabs have only 22mg and Alaska king crabs have as little as 15mg.
2. The presence of chromium helps to increase the level of HDL - good cholesterol in the body.
3. It helps to reduce the risk of strokes, coronary and circulatory heart diseases.
4. Crabs contain sterol, which restrict the absorption of other cholesterol, eaten during a meal.