What vitamins and health benefits does a cucumber have?!
What vitamins and health benefits does a cucumber have?
Answers:
Analysis of cucumber gives the following compositions (per 100 gm's of edible part):
Moisture 96.3%
Protein 0.4%
Fibre 0.4%
Carbohydrate 2.5%
Phosphorus 25 mg
Fat 0.1%
Calcium 10 mg
Vitamin C 7 mg
Iron 1.5 mg
Medicinal Uses & benefits
Cucumber has 65% alkaline and 35% acid forming minerals. This mineral balance makes cucumber a medicinally useful vegetable. It maintains alkalinity of the blood. It is a natural powerful diuretic, promoting flow of urine. It should be taken raw (skin intact) to get more benefits.
Other benefits are:-
Being laxative in nature, it corrects constipation. Two cucumbers per day are advised for removing habitual constipation.
For stomach disorders, its juice is useful as it corrects acidity, gastric and duodenal ulcers. A cup of fresh juice 3/41 times daily is helpful. It gives immediate relief in burning sensation of stomach.
Cucumber juice promotes hair growth due to its high silicon and sulfur content, particularly when mixed with carrot, lettuce and spinach juice.
In rheumatic problems, its juice along with the juices of carrot & beet, brings relief as it washes out uric acid deposition in arthritis, gout etc.
In urinary disorders, cucumber is very beneficial. It increases flow of urine and is useful in dissolving the gravel in urinary tract and reducing the urine acidity.
Grated cucumber applied over face, eyes and neck for 15 to 20 minutes has been found effective as a beauty aid and a best tonic for the skin of the face. Its regular use prevents pimples, blackheads, wrinkles and dryness of the face.
For nausea/cholera it is a boon, as it immediately stops nausea & vomiting, which allopathic medicine fails to control. A glassful fresh juice mixed with coconut water given one cup hourly, controls cholera. It is a wonderful remedy for electrolyte imbalance in case of dehydration.
Cucumbers contain a special ingredient that helps to reduce the swelling around eyes or the bags under the eyes.
Source(s):
http://www.vitamins-minerals-supplements...
I'm sure it has beneficial nutritional value when actually ingested.
Some gay men, however, enjoy having whole cucumbers shoved up their rectums. Nutritional value in that? I don't think so. And a few end up in emergency rooms because it went too far up the alimentary canal, so they need medical assistance to dislodge the cucumber. Oh well...I suppose it beats having to dislodge a dead gerbil carcass....
its got vitamin c and d, but that's in every fruit
so er it's low in calories
and i drink one of em per day