Sea cucumber is rich in nutrition and has a long-standing reputation as a delicacy. It is as famous as bird's nest, abalone and shark's fin, and it is one of the "eight treasures" of seafood. The best eating time of sea cucumber directly affects the nutritional value of sea cucumber.

Sea cucumber is best eaten on an empty stomach in the morning.

It is recommended to eat sea cucumber on an empty stomach in the morning, because eating sea cucumber on an empty stomach can not only be digested and absorbed by the stomach but also be directly absorbed by the small intestine, so eating sea cucumber on an empty stomach not only absorbs quickly, but also basically does not lose nutrients. It should be okay for the elderly to eat about 100 of sea cucumber a day, which is related to personal digestive function. Similarly, the efficacy of sea cucumber is also related to personal physique. Generally speaking, after half a month, you can see that you are ruddy and energetic, and your body's disease resistance is obviously enhanced after long-term consumption.

If the elderly eat sea cucumber, it is recommended to chop porridge in the morning, drink porridge to nourish the stomach, and sea cucumber supplements nutrition. At the same time, the sea cucumber should be soaked soft to reduce the burden of digestion.

It is recommended to take half a tablet at a time and two tablets a week. Many consumers complain that it is inconvenient to thaw half at a time. It can be cut when the sea cucumber is foamed and not frozen, and then half of the single package is frozen and half is thawed when eating.

Nutritional value of sea cucumber

1, enhancing immunity

Sea cucumber is suitable to be eaten with Qiongzhen Ganoderma lucidum, which has the functions of enhancing human immunity, assisting in the treatment of diabetes and repairing after illness or operation. It is very suitable for people who are weak to recuperate.

From the perspective of western medicine, sea cucumber can have many functions, because it can repair and enhance human immunity. Through the analysis of the components of sea cucumber, it is found that this is mainly because the acidic polysaccharides, peptides and other active substances contained in sea cucumber can greatly improve human immunity. As long as the human body has strong immunity, it can resist various diseases. A large amount of selenium can effectively prevent cancer, chondroitin sulfate can delay aging, arginine and zinc can nourish yin and strengthen yang.

2. Tonifying kidney and replenishing essence

Sea cucumber contains protein, calcium, potassium, zinc, iron, selenium, manganese and other active substances. Other active components in sea cucumber include holothurin and acidic mucopolysaccharide of sea cucumber, which are composed of hexosamine, hexuronic acid and fucose, containing 65,438+08 amino acids and excluding cholesterol. Because the sea cucumber is warm, it has the effects of tonifying kidney and essence, nourishing yin and strengthening yang, nourishing blood and moistening dryness, regulating menstruation and relieving fatigue, and preventing and benefiting fetus. It can improve male endocrine ability, improve female metabolism, promote sex hormone secretion ability and improve sexual function.

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, kidney is the foundation of human body. As long as there is a problem with the kidney, not only is the quality of sexual life reduced, but other organs will also dry up accordingly. The effect of Gongpin sea cucumber on human body is mainly to tonify the kidney and consolidate the foundation, which is also a good saying. China experts reminded that as long as the human kidney is strong, all organs and meridians will be strong accordingly, and eventually the human body will be healthier and the ability to resist diseases will be greatly enhanced.

3. Repair the regeneration function

The repair and regeneration function of sea cucumber is its important feature. Such as quickly healing wounds, repairing the gastrointestinal tract damaged for many years, repairing the immune system, repairing islets, and restoring hematopoietic function. All of them reflect the powerful repair and regeneration characteristics of sea cucumber.

Matters needing attention in eating sea cucumber

Sea cucumber is rich in nutrients such as protein and calcium, while fruits such as grapes, persimmons, hawthorn, pomegranate and olives contain more tannic acid. Eating at the same time will not only coagulate protein, but also cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms. In addition, sea cucumber should not be eaten with licorice. As the saying goes, "there are ginseng in the ground and sea cucumber in the water." Chinese medicine believes that sea cucumber can tonify kidney and nourish blood, and has high nutritional and dietetic value. However, if vinegar is added when making sea cucumber, the nutrition will be greatly reduced. The reason is that acidic environment will change the spatial structure of collagen, and protein molecules will agglutinate and contract in different degrees. Therefore, the vinegar-added sea cucumber not only tastes worse, but also greatly reduces its nutritional value due to the destruction of collagen. In addition to not eating with grapes, persimmons, hawthorn and other fruits, the following are also precautions for eating sea cucumbers:

1, sea cucumber can't be eaten with licorice;

2, sea cucumber is not suitable for eating with vinegar, vinegar can neutralize the nutrients of sea cucumber;

3. It is best for children who are too young to eat less sea cucumbers, and children who are physically weak can eat more appropriately;

4. People with spleen deficiency and phlegm turbidity should also use less or disable sea cucumbers, which will not be digested and increase the burden on the stomach and liver;

It is wrong not to eat sea cucumber in summer. People think that sea cucumber is a fire, and it is easy to get sick in summer, but it is not.

6. Patients with unhealed cold, excessive cough and diarrhea should not eat sea cucumber.

7. People with poor liver and kidney function, such as patients with hepatitis B and nephritis, are not suitable for nourishing with sea cucumber.

People suitable for eating sea cucumbers.

The reason why sea cucumber is a nourishing treasure lies not only in its rich nutritional value, but also in its wide range of applicable people. Of course, there are also some hot people who are not suitable for eating sea cucumbers. According to the data, it is divided into suitable population and unsuitable population of sea cucumber:

First, suitable for the crowd

1, diabetes, anemia and other chronic wasting diseases.

2. Rehabilitation nursing care of patients with tumor undergoing radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

3. Patients with cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis, hypertension and hyperlipidemia.

4, low immunity, physical weakness, chills, sweating, and frequent colds.

5, tracheitis, arthritis, rheumatoid, osteoporosis, etc.

6, mental workers and heavy manual workers such as athletes.

7, frequent urination, kidney deficiency, fatigue, loss of libido.

8, loss of appetite, constipation.

9. Insomnia, dreaminess, tinnitus, palpitation, shortness of breath, dizziness and memory loss.

10, sub-health, patients with various modern diseases.

1 1, pregnant women and parturients.

12, urban white-collar workers, modern women who love beauty.

13, developing children supplement brain gold DHA.

Second, it is not suitable for people.

1) Children generally should not eat more sea cucumbers.

2) People with rheumatoid arthritis should also eat less or not eat sea cucumbers (there are not many contraindications for rheumatoid arthritis, but if they are not accompanied by hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, obesity and diabetes, they can eat them. )

3) When taking some individual Chinese medicines, you should also eat less or not.

4) People who have a cold or fever should not eat it.

5) The sea cucumber moistens the five internal organs, nourishes body fluid and promotes diuresis. Damp-heat of spleen and stomach, excessive cough and thick and greasy tongue coating are not suitable for eating.

6) People with weak spleen and stomach should not eat it, but they can selectively take sea cucumber health food.

7) For patients with cold and diarrhea, it is best not to eat sea cucumber for the time being.

8) Patients with hyperuricemia are not easy to eat sea cucumber for a long time.

9) People who are easily allergic to protein are not easy to eat more sea cucumbers.

Selection skills of sea cucumber

First of all, look at the appearance of sea cucumber. Generally good sea cucumber has clear cortex and natural color. According to the different colors of the growing environment, it is mainly divided into black, brown, gray and so on. , is by no means black, of course, is not all white powder. In addition, the abdominal spines and tube feet are generally relatively complete; Secondly, it depends on the foaming effect of sea cucumber. Good sea cucumber meat is stronger and tastes elastic.

First, the sea cucumber must be dry, dry sea cucumber is easy to deteriorate, and because it contains a lot of water, the price is actually much higher;

Second, when buying dry sea cucumber, you must choose to do it. Illegal traders add a lot of sugar, gum and even alum to increase the weight of sea cucumber during the processing. Although the sea cucumber processed in this way does not meet the product quality standards, it is very full, black and beautiful in color, which is very deceptive to consumers. In addition, it should be noted that some sea cucumbers are dyed and the color is very dark from the outside. The opening of the sea cucumber is also black, and the sea cucumber tendons exposed inside are all black, which shows that the greedy makers have forgotten their righteousness.

Third, when buying dry sea cucumber, don't blindly pursue cheap prices, but make a comprehensive comparison with the speed of water development in dry sea cucumber. A kilo of good dry sea cucumber can produce 15 kilo of sea cucumber in water, while a kilo of inferior dry sea cucumber is no more than 5 kilos in water, or even broken, and can't be eaten at all.