On the market, it is said that sea cucumbers are nutritious and high-end, and most of the comments are focused on "protein". Let's talk about the content of protein. Protein content of sea cucumber is 6%, and egg 13%, which is twice that of sea cucumber. The protein content of sea cucumber is not as good as that of eggs, and it is even worse than that of fish, shrimp and meat. It is a bit reluctant to be called a high-protein food. Protein of sea cucumber is mainly collagen, which belongs to inferior protein, and the utilization of human body is not high. On the other hand, the amino acid composition of egg protein is almost the same as that of human body, and its utilization rate is close to 100%. It is a typical high-quality protein, and its nutritional value completely exceeds that of sea cucumber. Therefore, eggs win completely, and eating sea cucumber is actually a "costly and thankless behavior." Calcium and magnesium content: sea cucumber has obvious advantages. However, calcium and magnesium ions are macro minerals, and the human body needs a lot. It seems impossible to supplement sea cucumbers by eating them for a day and a half ... As for vitamins, sea cucumbers are a complete failure, which is not worth mentioning. Suppose you search for sea cucumber on the Internet, you will find that the comments about sea cucumber are more just hot words such as anti-cancer, tonifying kidney and lowering blood pressure. Studying the contents of it, we are talking more about seafood polysaccharide and sea cucumber saponin. These substances do show certain activities and functions in scientists' experiments.
Search all kinds of literature about sea cucumber's anti-cancer and kidney-tonifying, among which the most is just the degree of in vitro cell experiment, and there is no relevant clinical trial research data at all. However, please note that these so-called advanced nutrients are ubiquitous in animals, that is to say, they are also found in other common foods except sea cucumbers.
For sea cucumber, you should look at it this way: sea cucumber can be eaten as long as you don't care about money. This substance is high in protein and low in fat, but it cannot be deified. To put it another way, sea cucumber is no different from the fish and shrimp that we often eat. It won't be aphrodisiac, and it won't fight cancer. Eating eggs is not only the same as eating sea cucumbers, but also much higher than eating sea cucumbers. In other words, sea cucumber is not as powerful as you think, it is just a mythical legend.