Can I eat sea cucumber during chemotherapy?

Chemotherapy is a very uncomfortable process, because people always need to perform dialysis during chemotherapy. After the blood in the whole body is filtered, the body's functions will fail and decline. Therefore, people who have just finished chemotherapy are often not in good health, have a poor appetite, and often have symptoms of indigestion, nausea and vomiting. Therefore, you should eat more nourishing foods during chemotherapy.

Edible sea cucumbers include species of the genera Holothuria, Stichopus and Thelonota.

It is found in oceans everywhere, mostly in shallow waters, but sometimes in deep waters. It is mainly found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean. The 80 to 100 species of sea cucumbers are mostly found in coral reefs. There are more than 1,100 known species of sea cucumbers in the world, but only more than 20 species have relatively high economic value. Sea cucumbers are produced in all coastal provinces of my country. In the north, the largest production is found in Liaodong Peninsula, Dalian, Qingdao, Yantai, Li Island, Furong Island, Weihai, Penglai, Changshan Islands, Longkou and the coastal areas of Hebei. There is also considerable production in the Dongsha, Zhongsha, Xisha Islands, Sizhou Island, Hainan Island in the South China Sea and the coastal areas of Guangdong and Guangxi. There is also production in the coastal areas of Fujian and Zhejiang, such as the Zhoushan Islands. my country is a country rich in sea cucumbers, which are divided into plum blossom sea cucumber, sea cucumber, big black sea cucumber, white stone sea cucumber, Yuan ginseng, yellow ginseng, and eggplant sea cucumber.

According to "Supplement to Compendium of Materia Medica", sea cucumber is the best. In fact, Fengtian (now Shenyang) is an inland city, and the sea cucumbers used are large sea cucumbers produced in the Bohai Bay of the Liaodong Peninsula. This kind of ginseng is large and black in color, with obvious thorns in the flesh, and is best used for cooking. According to experts, the world-famous sea cucumber is the best quality sea cucumber. Although it is small in size, it has thick body wall, red and glutinous meat, and a nice skin. The Chinese people have always regarded it as a tonic. The sea cucumber produced in the South China Sea is known as the "king of sea cucumbers". The largest can be up to 90-120 cm long, and has thick meat, high quality, crispy and tender, making it the best edible sea cucumber.

Nutritional value of sea cucumber

1. Sea cucumbers are rich in protein and low in fat and cholesterol.

2. Sea cucumber is known as the "arginine monopoly". It contains 8 essential amino acids that the human body cannot synthesize on its own, among which arginine and lysine are the most abundant.

3. Ginseng is rich in trace elements, especially calcium, vanadium, sodium, selenium and magnesium. The trace element vanadium contained in sea cucumber ranks first among all kinds of food. It can participate in the transportation of iron in the blood and enhance hematopoietic ability.

4. Contains special active nutrients, sea cucumber acidic mucopolysaccharides, sea cucumber saponins (sea cucumber indole, sea cucumber toxins), sea cucumber lipids, sea cucumber collagen, taurine, etc.