Nutritional value of sea cucumber

There are many kinds of sea cucumbers, including Ming Yu cucumber, Wu cucumber and red flag cucumber, which are rich in nutrition, and are famous with ginseng and bird's nest, and are regarded as one of the eight treasures of ingredients. What are the nutritional values and efficacy of sea cucumber respectively?

Nutritional value of sea cucumber

Modern scientific research proves that sea cucumber contains more than 50 kinds of nutrients that are beneficial to human physiological activities, including high protein content, 18 kinds of amino acids, taurine, chondroitin sulfate, mucopolysaccharide and other components. Dried sea cucumber contains more than 55% of protein, fat, sugar, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients, and does not contain cholesterol. Sea cucumber is one of the famous "eight treasures of seafood" in China due to its rich nutrition. Specifically, sea cucumber has the following nutritional values and effects.

Blood tonic and anti-aging effect

Because of its high protein content and rich collagen, sea cucumber is comparable to gum and deer horn gum, which can not only replenish blood, but also delay the aging of the body, lubricate the skin, eliminate wrinkles and facial pigmentation, and the low fat content in sea cucumber will not cause fat gain.

Effect of blood building and calcium supplementation

The keratin in sea cucumber has the ability to enhance the hematopoietic function of red bone marrow cells and is rich in natural active calcium, which is easily absorbed by the body.

Efficacy of improving immunity

Sea cucumber contains 18 kinds of amino acids, taurine, collagen, mucopolysaccharide, chondroitin sulfate, peptides, vitamins and trace elements such as calcium and iron, all of which help enhance cellular activity and improve human immunity.

Effectiveness of helping fetal brain development

Sea cucumber also contains DHA, which helps fetal brain development when consumed by pregnant women. Therefore, women who are preparing for pregnancy and those who are already pregnant can eat sea cucumber in moderation to reserve enough high-quality protein for pregnancy and breastfeeding, and many active substances and trace elements can fully ensure the nutritional needs of fetal growth and development.

Effectiveness in preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases

The high quality protein, vitamins and other natural nutrients contained in sea cucumber can help elderly people prevent and treat various cardiovascular diseases, such as hypertension, diabetes and myocardial infarction, and regular consumption of sea cucumber by elderly people has anti-aging and vitality enhancing effects.

Effectiveness of promoting wound healing

The high quality protein, vitamins and other active nutrients in sea cucumber have good repairing and regenerating functions, which can accelerate wound healing, repair immune function and restore hematopoietic function.

Effectiveness of inhibiting fungal infection

Taurine and lysine in sea cucumber are good tonic, anti-inflammatory and liver protection. The sea cucumber contains sea cucurbitacin which has significant inhibitory effect on many kinds of fungi, and cucurbitacin A and B can treat fungal infections.

Effectiveness of lowering blood pressure

Sea cucumber is high in protein, low in fat and cholesterol-free, and has the effect of lowering cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood, so it helps to lower blood pressure for patients with hypertension.

Enhance sexual desire

Sea cucumber can tonify the kidney, and it contains acidic mucopolysaccharide and sea cucurbitacin, which are nutrients that can dilate capillaries, enhance male erectile function, improve sexual transmission, delay the aging of sexual organs, and enhance libido.

Effectiveness of inhibiting the spread of cancer cells

Sea cucumber is not only a good tonic for cancer patients, but also contains sea cucumber saponin which is an anti-toxic agent, safe and non-toxic to human body, and can keep the growth and metastasis of tumor cells, because sea cucumber saponin can inhibit the effect of tumor cell division enzyme, thus inhibiting the spread and metastasis of tumor cells.