Sea cucumber is a highly regarded high-end seafood in traditional Chinese food culture and is expensive. Traditionally, sea cucumbers are considered to be a good nourishing food. In modern times, sea cucumbers are considered to be a high nutritional value food with high protein and low fat. Is this true? There is no proof for what you say, but you still have to let the data speak for itself. Look at the picture below to compare the nutritional content of sea cucumbers and eggs.

We used the most commonly eaten sea cucumbers for comparison. After all, few people eat fresh sea cucumbers except in the place of origin. Let’s talk about protein first. The protein content of sea cucumbers is 6, and that of eggs is 13, which is twice that of sea cucumbers. The protein content of sea cucumbers is not as good as eggs, and even worse than fish, shrimp and meat. It is a bit reluctant to call it a high-protein food. The protein of sea cucumbers is mainly collagen. Collagen lacks essential amino acids and is not highly usable by the human body, making it a poor-quality protein. The amino acid composition of egg protein is almost the same as that of the human body, and its utilization is close to 100%. It is a typical high-quality protein. It’s clear which one is better and which one is worse

From the perspective of fat, sea cucumber contains almost no fat and is indeed a low-fat food. However, the fat in eggs is also mainly unsaturated fatty acids, as well as lecithin, which has great health benefits, and is beneficial to human health.

In terms of calcium and magnesium content, sea cucumbers are significantly superior. However, calcium and magnesium ions are common minerals, and the human body requires a large amount. It seems impossible to supplement it by eating sea cucumbers, which requires half a kilogram of sea cucumbers a day.

In terms of vitamins, sea cucumber is completely defeated and not worth mentioning.

To sum up, the nutritional value of sea cucumbers is really not as good as eggs. If you take the price into consideration, sea cucumbers are even worse than eggs. Of course, if someone gives me sea cucumbers, I will still eat them. But if I pay for it myself, I will definitely not buy sea cucumbers. It is much more cost-effective to buy eggs.

In addition, the legendary effects of sea cucumbers on improving immunity and even anti-cancer have not been clinically verified. To put it bluntly, when used in humans, no effective evidence has been found to improve immunity and fight cancer. Just eat one or two eggs every day.

Some people may ask, why are sea cucumbers so much more expensive than eggs? The reason is simple. Raising sea cucumbers is much more troublesome than raising chickens.