Jellyfish benefits

Jellyfish has always been very popular food among the population of the East Asia, but, nowadays, the production of this kind of gelatinous organisms for the World Market is very lucrative business.

Before eaten, jellyfish must pass the process of lowering the amount of water and the level of the pH value, and also, the process that makes them more solid. After that, the next stage of the process is to reduce the amount of salt in them and then they can be consumed. It is used a lot in culinary and especially the Asian Cuisine is very rich in a number of the recipes that are based on jellyfish.

Jellyfish is a very popular in both, culinary and diet, because of the high level of water in it (95%) That is the case of the specie that is called cannonball jellyfish which lives in the waters of the U.S. continent. The rest of the percentage is proteins, and the incredible amount of water in it makes it one of the foods that are the lowest in calories. Also, the collagen found in jellyfish in general, is very valuable substance which is useful for all the diets and as the functional food in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.

But, along with the use in the culinary, jellyfish is of significant benefit in medicine. Besides the already mentioned effect the jellyfish has on arthritis, there are another health benefits, such as in the treatments of different sensations of pain, swellings and ulcers, menstrual cramps and the high blood pressure.

It relieves the conditions and problems, related to the system of digestion, and minimizes the sense of tiredness. The use of jellyfish in cosmetics should be mentioned too, because already proven valuable effect the collagen has on skin and hair.

Many researches have been performed recently because none of this beneficial effects on health aren’t actually yet been proven. But, there are enough evidences in the examinations that were performed on the laboratory mice and the studies showed that jellyfish can reduce arthritis in them. It is very valuable evidence because the arthritis in mice and rats is similar to the arthritis in the human population, in the case of histology, genetic features and immunology.

So, although not yet supported with the scientific evidences, the beneficial effects of jellyfish are described in many non-scientific writings in the tradition of the Chinese population. But, when something has a long traditional significance through history, the probability of the claims must be very high.