Is it scientific to say that eating sea cucumber is not as nutritious as eggs?

Sea cucumber is a highly respected high-grade seafood in China's traditional food culture, which is expensive. Traditionally, sea cucumber is considered as a good tonic, but in modern times, it is considered as a high-protein and low-fat food with high nutritional value. Is that really the case? What you said is unfounded, but you still have to speak with data. Look at the picture below and compare the nutritional components of sea cucumber and eggs.

Let's compare it with the water-borne sea cucumber that everyone eats the most. After all, few people eat fresh sea cucumbers except the place of origin. Let's start with protein. The protein content of sea cucumber is 6%, and the egg content is 13%, which is twice that of sea cucumber. The protein content of sea cucumber is not as good as that of eggs or even fish and shrimp. It's a bit reluctant to be called a high-protein food. Protein of sea cucumber is mainly collagen, lacking essential amino acids, and its bioavailability is not high, so it belongs to inferior protein. The amino acid composition of egg protein is almost the same as that of human body, and the utilization rate is close to 100%, so it is a typical high-quality protein. It is clear at a glance which is better or worse.

Judging from the fat, sea cucumber contains almost no fat and is indeed a low-fat food. However, the fat of eggs is mainly unsaturated fatty acids, and lecithin has great health care function and is beneficial to human health.

In terms of calcium and magnesium content, sea cucumber is obviously better. However, calcium and magnesium ions are macro minerals, and the human body needs a lot. It seems impossible to supplement one and a half Jin of sea cucumber a day.

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

To sum up, the nutritional value of sea cucumber is really not as good as that of eggs. Considering the price, sea cucumber is not even as good as eggs. Of course, if someone gives me sea cucumber, I will still eat it. But if I pay for it myself, I won't buy sea cucumbers, but buying eggs is much more cost-effective.

In addition, the legendary effect of sea cucumber on improving immunity and even anti-cancer has not been clinically verified. To put it bluntly, it is used on people, and there is no effective evidence to prove that it can improve immunity and fight cancer. Let's eat one or two eggs every day.

Some people may ask, then why is sea cucumber much more expensive than eggs? The reason is simple: raising sea cucumbers is more troublesome than raising chickens, and it is much more troublesome.