Description
Cucumber
Cucumber contains a lot of water. All that water in it can help keep you hydrated. Plus, the fiber it contains helps you stay full and avoid constipation.
It contains vitamin K, which helps blood clot and keep your bones healthy.
The lignans may help prevent osteoporosis, heart disease, and some cancers.
Antioxidants such as beta carotene in cucumbers can help fight free radicals in your body, unpaired electrons that damage cells and can lead to disease.
Cucumbers may also have health benefits outside your body. Putting them on your skin may help ease sunburn pain, swelling, and damaged skin. That’s why people sometimes put a slice or two under their eyes, hoping to shrink bags and ease puffiness.
How to use Cucumber
- You can eat them raw, cut into tiny blocks and eat them raw.
- You can add them to your fruit juices and smoothies
- you can add them to fruit salads
