Amazing Health Benefits Of Cucumber

 

Cucumber is the fourth most widely grown vegetable in the world. Cucumbers are known as one of the best foods for your overall health. Often they are considered a super-food. They are often sprayed with pesticides, so it is important to buy organic, or even better to grow them yourself.

Here are top benefits of cucumbers:

1. Skin and hair care - If you do not like the peel, you can still use it for skin irritations and sunburns, just as you would use aloe vera. Place a slice on puffiness and anti-inflammatory properties help to reduce the swelling. The silicon (silicic acid) and sulfur in cucumbers help to stimulate hair growth.

2. Hydrate the body and complements the daily vitamins too - Cucumbers consist of 95% water, which causes the body hydrated. At the same time, this helps the body to remove toxins. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins that the body needs daily. Remember that you should let the skin sit because there is a lot of vitamin C, about 10 percent of the daily recommended amount.

3. Rapid immune booster - Cucumbers are a good source of B vitamins. Let your stand soda and coffee and eating a slice of cucumber.

4. Fights against Cancer - Cucumbers contain lariciresinol, pinoresinol and secoisolariciresinol. These three so-called lignans are much studied in view of the reduced risk of certain cancers, including breast cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer and prostate cancer.

5. Household - Helps a fogged mirror. Before you take a shower you wipe a disk with cucumber on the mirror and the mirror will not fog. Also squeaky hinges by you with a disk cucumber over there rubbing remedy.

6. Takes bad breath away - Take a slice of cucumber and press it for 30 seconds against your palate with your tongue. The phytochemicals will the bacteria in the mouth, which are responsible for the bad breath, killing.

7. Remedy for hangover - If you want to avoid a hangover or headache, then eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish many essential nutrients to the severity of the hangover and headaches will decrease.

8. Assists in weight loss and digestion - Because it is equipped with low calories and a lot of water, cucumber is an ideal food for people who want to lose weight. The digestion is helped because there is so much water and fiber content in cucumbers. Therefore, the body can very effectively get rid of toxins from the digestive system. Cucumber daily food can be regarded as a remedy for chronic constipation.

9. Addresses diabetes, lowers cholesterol and regulates blood pressure - cucumber juice contains a hormone which has the pancreas to produce insulin. This appears to be good for diabetics. Researchers have also found ingredients in cucumber called sterols that help lower cholesterol levels. Cucumbers also contain a lot of potassium, magnesium and fiber. That work well for the regulation of blood pressure. So you can both high and low blood pressure treatable with cucumber.

10 Promotes healthy joints, relieve pain from gout or arthritis - Cucumber is an excellent source of silica (silicon dioxide), which is known to promote the health of joints, because it strengthens the connective tissue. Cucumber is also rich in vitamin A, B1, B6, C and D, folic acid, calcium, magnesium and potassium. If it is blended with the carrot juice can relieve the pain of arthritis and gout in that the level of uric acid is reduced (Met translated permission).