Subject: . I am writing to ask about the nutrition value behind Bird's nest soup

I am writing to ask about the nutrition value behind Bird's nest soup- a very 
expensive Chinese soup usually cooked with mushroom and chicken.

i have read the response by peter bosani and would like to have more 
information regarding to this topic.
Re: What are nutrition values of bird's nest of oriental Collocalia sp.?
Date: Thu Apr 7 18:13:24 2005
Posted By: Peter Bosani, Independent
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1109976591.Bc

As I am researching, most web site stretch the benefit so much as if it is 
beyond magic,   the sites available however, are created by the distributors 
of  bird nest, and I believe are highly bias.

There for I would like to have a reliable answer on the following questions:

1,  all of the sites I visited state that bird nests are high in protein, 
calcium, carbon hydrae, and mineral, but the response from Mr Bosani state that 
there is nearly no nutrition value to it, why is there such a big difference in 
the information? 

2, here is one of the site I visited,
< http://www.naturalnest.com/content/view/15/6/lang,en/>
Is it possible to tell me what part of it does not true? 

2, is the protein from the bird nest destroyed during the cleaning or cooking 
process?   

3, could the same nutrition from the bird nest be obtained from other food? 

Thanks a lot for taking the time to go through my question, and I am looking 
forward to hear from you

kita

Re: . I am writing to ask about the nutrition value behind Bird's nest soup