Experts ruminate the high nutritional value of sea cucumbers

Recently, the media unannouncedly visited a certain sea cucumber market and discovered that the sample of sea cucumbers purchased had discovered after the inspection that all the dried sea cucumbers had been forbidden by the state. As soon as the news came out, consumers' eyes were once again focused on the nutritional value of sea cucumbers. So, is the nutritional value of sea cucumber really so high?

It is understood that dried sea cucumber refers to the sea to participate in the process, the frequent addition of sugar into the sea cucumber, and ultimately to increase the weight of sea cucumber, to reduce costs for the purpose of processing out. Due to the addition of sugar, the nutrients of sea cucumber have been destroyed and the nutritional value has approached zero. What is even more frightening is that if diabetics mistakenly eat such "toxic" sea cucumbers, they will severely damage kidney function. As early as in 2009, the country clearly stated in the standard for dry sea cucumbers that it was forbidden to add other additives besides salt when processing dry sea cucumbers.

Dong Jin, a food safety expert, said that today's sea cucumber market is being fired very hot and sea cucumber is considered to be a tonic. But in fact, the nutritional value of sea cucumbers is not as high as it is advertised. It contains certain collagen and minerals. It is just one of many foods. Consumers must be wary of the hype of businesses.

Wang Xingguo, director of the Department of Nutrition of Dalian Central Hospital, also pointed out in the microblogging of its real name certification that sea cucumbers are mainly glial proteins and are incomplete proteins with low nutritional value. At present, the sea cucumbers health products approved by the Ministry of Health are required to indicate “not suitable for children”. Therefore, he suggested that infants and young children should not eat sea cucumbers.