Sea cucumber, belonging to Holothuroidea, is a marine echinoderm that lives up to 8,000 meters by the sea. It has a history of more than 600 million years. Sea cucumber feeds on algae and plankton on the seabed. Sea cucumbers are covered with stings, which are widely distributed in the oceans of the world. There are many kinds of sea cucumbers along the coast of South China Sea, about 20 kinds of which are edible. Sea cucumbers are as famous as ginseng, bird's nest and shark's fin, and are one of the eight treasures in the world. Sea cucumber is not only a precious food, but also a valuable medicinal material. According to "Compendium of Materia Medica", it is recorded that sea cucumber is sweet and salty, tonifying kidney, benefiting essence, taking urine, strengthening yang and treating impotence, and its nature is warm and nourishing, so it is named sea cucumber. Sea cucumber has the functions of improving memory, delaying gonadal aging, preventing arteriosclerosis and anti-tumor. With the popularization of knowledge about the value of sea cucumbers, sea cucumbers gradually enter the people's table. Living environment determines the quality of sea cucumber.
Stichopus japonicus, a kind of sea cucumber, belongs to Holothurioidea. It is a marine mollusk that lives at the seashore to 8000 meters. Up to now, it has a history of more than 600 million years. Stichopus japonicus feeds on benthic algae and plankton.
Nutritional value of sea cucumber;
1.Prolonging aging, eliminating fatigue, improving immunity and enhancing the ability to resist diseases. Sea cucumber is rich in more than 50 kinds of natural precious active substances, such as protein, minerals and vitamins, among which acidic mucopolysaccharide and chondroitin can obviously reduce the amounts of lipofuscin and skin proline in heart tissue and play a role in delaying aging. The 18 amino acids contained in sea cucumber can enhance the metabolic function of tissues and enhance the cell vitality of the body, which is suitable for the growing teenagers. Sea cucumber can adjust the water balance of human body and is suitable for women with swollen legs and feet during pregnancy. Sea cucumber can eliminate fatigue, improve human immunity and enhance human resistance to diseases, so it is very suitable for middle-aged women and men who are often in a state of fatigue, the elderly and children who are prone to colds and weak constitution.
2. Ocean Viagra, a sea cucumber with high arginine content, is known as arginine monopoly. Arginine is the main component of male sperm cells, which can improve the conduction of brain and gonadal nerve function, slow down gonadal aging and improve erectile ability. One sea cucumber a day is enough to strengthen the foundation, strengthen the kidney and replenish essence. Stichopus japonicus in Jiaodong is rich in iron and collagen of sea cucumber, which has obvious functions of generating blood, nourishing blood and enriching blood, and is especially suitable for pregnant women, postoperative patients and menopausal women.
3. Stichopus japonicus is not only a delicious food, but also a good nourishing medicine. Taurine and lysine in sea cucumber are almost absent in plant foods. The unique active substance of sea cucumber, holothurin, has a significant inhibitory effect on a variety of fungi. Stichopin A and B can be used to treat fungal and tinea versicolor infections, with significant anti-inflammatory and osteogenic effects, especially for hepatitis patients, tuberculosis, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases.
4. Stichopus japonicus for improving intelligence, strengthening brain and midwifery contains two kinds of ω-polyunsaturated fatty acids (EPA and DHA). DHA plays an important role in the development of fetal brain cells. The development of human brain begins in the third month of pregnancy, and the fetus obtains DHA and EPA from the mother through the placenta. If the mother lacks DHA, it will cause the shortage of phospholipids in fetal brain cells and affect the normal development of fetal nervous system. DHA is of great benefit to enhancing memory and IQ, and it can also make pregnant women's breasts plump and full of milk. Since ancient times, pregnant women in Japan and Shandong Peninsula have had the dietary custom of supplementing a sea cucumber one day. China ancient folk have: sea cucumber nourishing blood and moistening dryness, regulating menstruation and nourishing fetus, midwifery and lactation, and repairing tissues.
5. Eliminating tumors, fighting cancer and protecting the heart contains a lot of sea cucumber toxins, also known as sea cucumber saponins, in the body wall, viscera and glands of sea cucumbers. Sea cucumber toxin is an antitoxic agent, which is safe and nontoxic to human body, but it can inhibit the growth and metastasis of tumor cells and effectively prevent and fight cancer. It has been widely used in the treatment of liver cancer, lung cancer, gastric cancer, nasopharyngeal cancer, bone cancer, lymphoma, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer, brain cancer leukemia and postoperative patients.
6. Improving osteoporosis Regular consumption of sea cucumber can prevent rickets in children, osteoporosis and hyperosteogeny in adults. Golden Supreme Sea Cucumber is rich in calcium, phosphorus, manganese, copper, germanium, silicon and other elements, which play a special role in preventing rickets in infants, osteoporosis in adults, skeletal abnormalities, dentin and enamel dysplasia.
7. Promoting growth and development Eating sea cucumbers helps to promote growth and development. Sea cucumber is rich in arginine, lysine, taurine, calcium, phosphorus, iodine, iron and zinc, which are important substances for human development. They directly participate in physiological activities such as human growth, immune mediation, wound healing and reproductive development, and play an important role in human energy storage and operation.