Nutritional value: Sea cucumber has a variety of active ingredients, with anti-tumor, regulating immunity, antioxidant and many other pharmacological effects.

Effects:

1. Lowering blood sugar and blood fat, preventing cardiovascular diseases. Sea cucumber contains fucoidan which can lower blood lipids and inhibit blood clotting. It is also believed in medical science that patients with hypertension, high blood lipids, coronary heart disease, hepatitis, as well as the middle-aged and the elderly, who persist in consuming sea cucumber for a long period of time, will have good effects on the alleviation of diseases and treatment.

2. Delay aging. A variety of nutrients in sea cucumber have the function of prolonging life and eliminating fatigue, and arginine and other elements in sea cucumber also have the ability of contributing to the regeneration of human cells and repair of body damage. Regular consumption of sea cucumber will make you rejuvenate and prolong your life.

3. Mediate, improve and prevent cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Regular consumption of sea cucumber can mediate, improve and prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, play the role of cleaning the cerebral blood vessels and significantly improve the hardening of cardiovascular and cerebral blood vessels and inflammation. It enhances the elasticity of cardiovascular and cerebral blood vessels, relieves cardiovascular and cerebral blood vessel spasm, diastole cardiovascular and cerebral blood flow, and promotes the establishment of collateral circulation.

4. It replenishes kidney and essence, nourishes yin and blood, and replenishes both yin and yang. Arginine in sea cucumber is the main component of male sperm cells and has the function of regulating sex hormones, and sea cucumber is precisely the "Monopoly of arginine", which has special effect on kidney deficiency; vanadium, phosphorus, zinc, manganese, selenium, nickel and other elements in sea cucumber are all very helpful to human body's various physiological activities to promote the improvement of sexual function.

5. Enhance immunity. Because sea cucumber is rich in protein, polysaccharide, saponin, arginine and other substances necessary for human immune function, so the consumption of sea cucumber can not only enhance and regulate the body's immunity, but also has obvious anti-fatigue effect; at the same time, niacin, taurine, potassium, nickel and other nutrients in sea cucumber have the function of eliminating fatigue, restoring physical strength and regulating the nervous system quickly.

Expanded Information

Sea cucumber purchase and preservation methods:

1, the purchase of sea cucumbers: sea cucumbers are mostly dried products, good sea cucumbers are full of form, heavy and thin skin, and the flesh wall is fat. It has a large rise in water, glutinous and smooth, elastic, and without sand particles. A good sea cucumber has bright color, no hard heart inside, elastic meat and intact thorns. If the sea cucumber is reddish, soft and slimy, or very withered and thin, with thin meat, big pits, and inverted and non-straight meat spines, it should not be purchased.

2, sea cucumber storage: sea cucumbers will be dried, put into a double-layer food plastic bag, add a few garlic, and then tighten the mouth of the bag, hanging in a high place, so that it will not deteriorate and worms. The hairy sea cucumber can not be stored for a long time, it is best not to exceed 3 days, during the storage period, soak on with cool water, change the water 2-3 times a day, do not dip in oil, or put it into a non-freezing refrigerator.

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