It is important to keep portion size in mind when you are cooking, whether you are making it for just yourself or a group of people. By using portion size, you can figure out exactly how much food you have to make.
Plus, following it is beneficial because it stops you from overeating or undereating. Both of these are issues that can cause excessive amounts of weight gain.
People use portion sizes with a lot of food which includes seafood like crawfish. In this article, you will figure out how much crawfish a person gets, if you can eat too much, and finally the benefits of eating it!
By the end of the article, you will be an expert in all things crawfish!
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How Much Crawfish Does Each Person Get?
Crayfish are a type of crustacean, and they have many different names depending on where they happen to be located.
However, crawfish and crawdads are some of the most common ones out there. They are very delicious and popular seafood that people love to enjoy every day!
If you want to have enough for every person, then you need to make sure to get 3 to 5 pounds of crawfish per guest.
Should you want to have leftovers, consider buying a bit more than you normally would, but this is only if you plan to have leftovers, of course.
Seafood can be on the expensive side, so please be aware of this before buying it. However, if you can spend the money, then we promise you, you won’t be sorry.
Just make sure to clean them properly and practice safety in the kitchen so there is no contamination during the cooking process.
Can You Eat Too Much Crawfish?
Unfortunately, you sometimes can have too much of a good thing. If you eat too much crawfish, the following can happen:
- High Cholesterol is when you develop fatty deposits in your blood vessels. The more they grow, the more your arteries become blocked. Eventually, this causes you to get a heart attack or stroke. The scary part is there aren’t any symptoms of this. You’ll only be able to tell if you go to your doctor and they give you a blood test. Eating too much crawfish can cause this problem.
- Another issue with eating too much crawfish is that sometimes you can get sick with something called paragonimiasis. The more you eat crawfish, the greater your chance of ending up with this bacteria. Symptoms usually include cough, chest pain, and shortness of breath. If you want to avoid getting infected with this bacteria, then don’t eat crawfish all the time. It’s the best way to avoid it.
- Another thing you can end up with is food poisoning, but this is usually only caused by eating bad crawfish. Normally symptoms will hit you a few hours after you eat it. Then you’ll end up with nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and abdominal pain. Fear not because this usually isn’t fatal. Give it a few hours to a few days, and you will be over it. If it doesn’t fade within that time frame, then it’s best to go to the doctor.
These are some of the biggest issues with eating too much crawfish. The best way to avoid it is to curb your eating of crawfish and just limit it to maybe every other week or so.
We understand that seafood is very delicious, so the temptation is difficult to avoid, but the last thing you want to do is end up affecting your health simply because you are hungry.
What Are the Benefits of Eating Crawfish?
You will find that there are a lot of benefits to eating crawfish. This includes:
- It shouldn’t be a surprise to learn that crawfish, like other meats and seafood out there, has a lot of protein. Protein is especially important for your body’s health. In just a five-ounce serving of crawfish, you’ll find 25 grams of protein! How amazing is that?!
- There isn’t a lot of fat to be found in crawfish, so if you find that you are going on a diet or want to maintain your weight, consider crawfish. Crawfish are also low in carbs, so this is another thing you don’t have to worry too much about.
- Crawfish contain some great vitamins and minerals that your body needs to function. It’s high in vitamin B, calcium, magnesium, iron, zinc, and phosphorus. The levels it provides your body depend on what vitamin or mineral we are talking about. However, the most important part is that it provides your body with enough of these to make a significant difference in your overall health.
- Finally, crawfish only has about 70 calories in about a 3-ounce serving, which brings us back to how great it is if you want to maintain your weight or lose some.
This is our list of all the benefits you can gain from eating crawfish. Just adding some to your diet every week or so is enough to get your body on its way to being a healthier version of itself.
Again, always practice safe cooking when you are handling meat and seafood, especially.
Crawfish could be the healthiest food out there, but if it isn’t prepared and cooked correctly, then it’s not going to do you any good in the long run. You’ll still just end up getting sick and end up wasting food, to boot!
Final Thoughts
And there you go, all you crawfish lovers out there! We discussed the exact portion size you should use for meals that include crawfish before going into what can happen if you do eat too much.
Still, there are good things to eating crawfish as long as you do so in moderation.
Unfortunately, doing things in moderation is very important because there is such a thing as too much of a good thing.
By following portion sizes, you can avoid this and just enjoy the food that is put in front of you.
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