Will eating deer antler make you fat?

Deer antler usually refers to the young antlers of sika deer or red deer that have not yet ossified. It is generally best to take the antlers of male deer. Deer antler is a high-quality Chinese medicinal material, containing phospholipids, glycolipids, gelatin, hormones, fatty acids, amino acids, proteins and other ingredients, among which amino acids have the highest content. It has the function of a nourishing and strengthening agent and has a very good effect on weakness, neurasthenia, etc. So, will you gain weight by eating deer antlers?

Deer antler is a great tonic for kidney yang. It generally does not cause weight gain. On the contrary, it can improve some types of obesity caused by kidney deficiency and water retention. However, medicines that replenish qi and yang are usually hot and dry in nature. Eating too much of them can easily cause internal heat. In addition, Chinese medicine believes that it is not advisable to take a lot of tonics before the age of 30. There is no need for young people to eat more tonics such as deer antler and ginseng (except in cases of long-term illness and weakness). Especially if children eat too much supplements such as deer antler and ginseng, they may develop a hot constitution and may become fat when they grow up.

[Contraindications] It is contraindicated for patients with Yin deficiency and Yang excess.

The main pharmacological effects of deer antler:

1. Impact on the nervous system

Deer antler can enhance the tension of parasympathetic nerve endings, promote the recovery of the nervous system and improve the function of the nervous and muscular systems, and also has an excitatory effect on the sympathetic nerves.

2. Effects on the cardiovascular system

Adequate doses of deer antler can lower blood pressure, reduce the amplitude of heart contraction, slow down heart rate, and dilate peripheral blood vessels. Moderate doses can cause significant enhancement of cardiac contraction, increase the amplitude of contraction, and accelerate the heart rate, thereby increasing cardiac output; deer antler is particularly effective on a fatigued heart.

3. Impact on sexual function

Deer antler extract can increase both plasma testosterone concentration and luteinizing hormone (LH) concentration. Therefore, deer antler is effective in treating sexual dysfunction in adolescence and prostate atrophy in middle-aged and elderly people; it is also effective in treating menopausal disorders in women.

4. The strengthening effect of deer antler

Deer antler essence has a strong anti-fatigue effect, can enhance cold resistance, accelerate wound healing and stimulate adrenal cortex function. Therefore, deer antler is a traditional tonic medicine, used to strengthen the body, nourish the kidneys, and improve yang.

5. Effects on blood components

Deer antler can increase the hemoglobin in the blood, so it is very effective for treating people with massive bleeding and patients in the late stage of infection, especially the elderly.

(VI) Other functions

Some active ingredients in deer antler can inhibit the activity of MAO-B, so it has anti-aging effects; deer antler has antioxidant effects, enhances gastrointestinal motility and promotes secretion function; in addition, deer antler essence can also enhance the body's immune function.

The above is an introduction about whether eating deer antler will make you fat. It can be seen that deer antler is a kidney tonic, and children should eat less deer antler. It may cause some puffiness, so before using deer antler, be sure to consult a professional Chinese medicine practitioner. In addition, deer antlers are very precious, so do not kill deer in blind pursuit of antlers.