GURAME FISH

    Gurame (Osphronemus gouramy) is a species of freshwater fish are popular and liked as a food fish in Southeast Asia and South Asia. Wide and flat fish with a body length of 2 times the height of the body; total body length (with tail fins) can reach 1,000 mm. Pelvic fins with fingers short first form of thorns and second fingers of similar length flexible whip. Dorsal fin (dorsal) 11-14 (fingers hard or thorn) and 12-14 (fingers soft); while the anal fin (anal) 10-11 and 20-23. The young fish has a pointed snout, with 8-10 transverse band (stripe) in the body. If growing up these colors fade, and the head of the fish will swell irregularly.

    Gurame has a protein content as much as 19%. This result is much higher than other types of fish such as catfish, tilapia fish and goldfish. Moreover, the content of essential amino acids produced quite large. In addition to protein, the content of other nutrients contained in gurame is fat which amounted to 2.2%. These results are rated higher than goldfish only have a content of 2% and 0.49% parrotfish. Not only that, gurame also has other essential ingredients such as vitamins and other macronutrients and micronutrients.

    Some benefit of gurame is gurame have omega 3 fatty acids which is very much because it has a lot amount of meat as well. According to research that children who were given nutritional fish oil or fatty acids derived from fish able to trigger the development of brain cells and intelligence. Children will easily remember new things. Gurame can prevent coronary heart disease and high blood pressure due to high cholesterol such as lard beef, ribs, and others. Therefore, it needs replacement foods have complete nutrition but low in cholesterol such as gurame that has a high protein but low in fat which is 55 mg / 10 gr. Gurame can help muscle growth due to the very high protein content and very good for the growth of children. Accelerate the healing of wounds because protein in freshwater fish used by the body as an element of fibrinogen and thromboplastin. Its function is to assist blood clotting in case of injury. When you fall and get hurt, then the blood will come out of the skin. therefore, the body needs the blood clotting system to stop the wound. Here thromboplastin function works. Thereafter, fibrinogen helps to form new tissue as a replacement for damaged tissue.