Can postpartum women eat sea cucumbers?

Song Xiaobao's "Sea Cucumber Fried Noodles" at the Liaoning Spring Festival Gala really made sea cucumbers popular. As we all know, sea cucumbers are a kind of food beneficial to physical and mental health. Sea cucumbers contain a large amount of active substances needed by the human body and have health-preserving effects. Although the price may be a bit higher sometimes, everyone still understands the principle that you get what you pay for. So, can women eat sea cucumbers during confinement?

First of all, pregnant women can eat sea cucumbers. Sea cucumbers, belonging to the class Holoturioidea, are marine echinoderms that live at seashore depths up to 8,000 meters. They have a history of more than 600 million years. Sea cucumbers feed on seabed algae and plankton. Sea cucumbers are covered with fleshy spines and are widely distributed in oceans around the world. There are many species along the coast of the South China Sea in my country, with about twenty kinds of edible sea cucumbers. Sea cucumbers are as famous as ginseng, bird's nests and shark fins, and are one of the eight treasures of the world.

Sea cucumber is not only a precious food, but also a valuable medicinal material. Sea cucumber, also known as sea cucumber, sea mouse, sea cucumber and sea eggplant, is a precious marine animal that has survived on Earth for 600 million years. The ancients discovered that "it is warm and tonic in nature, and is as strong as ginseng." It got its name because of its tonic effect and is regarded as one of the souls of Chinese cuisine. Sea cucumbers are generally counted by the number of heads, which represents the size of the sea cucumber. The fewer the sea cucumbers, the larger the sea cucumber and the higher the nutritional value, so the more expensive it is. The body wall of sea cucumber is thick and soft, and it is the best quality sea cucumber, known as the "king of ginseng".

However, because it is wild, the sea area is small, and the production is very limited, only a few big brands like Fulinmen Sea Cucumber can be purchased in China. Sea cucumbers are rich in DHA, a polyvalent unsaturated fatty acid that is an essential nutrient for maintaining normal immunity. The effects of eating sea cucumbers do not occur immediately, but usually it takes a week to produce phenomena such as enhanced immunity and more energetic. When breastfeeding women take sea cucumbers, it does improve their children's immunity, and the babies can grow up healthily. Since sea cucumbers have such good effects, how should we eat them and what should we pay attention to in terms of dosage? Although sea cucumbers are good, the consequences of taking them in excess are serious. They may cause a significant decrease in the amount of milk produced by pregnant women and the child to become highly hyperactive. A few children have multiple lipomas found in their bodies or under their skin within a few months.