SECRETS OF CUCUMBER UNRAVELED
Cucumber hails from a vine family of cucurbitaceae and is a creeper basically. In 2005, China produced more than 60% of the global output of cucumbers according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Nutritional content of cucumber : Cucumbers has a wide range of nutrient content. They have a wide variety of health supportive phytonutrients. Cucumber acts as an excellent source for molybdenum, pantothenic acid and vitamin K. They even have small content of vitamin C, manganese, copper, potassium, magnesium, phosphorus, biotin and vitamin B1. They even contain mineral silica.
Secret benefits of cucumber :
- Cut a slice of cucumber and rub it on skin to make the skin tight and wrinkle free. This is mainly due to the presence of phytochemicals. It fixes cellulite of skin immediately.
- The vitamin B and carbohydrates acts as an awesome energy booster for body and helps not to lose the glamour of skin by constipation.
- May people are prone to getting up with a headache due to hangover. The best remedy is supposed to be eating few slices of cucumber before having a tight sleep. The vital nutrients lost by the body is replaced and the hangover effect is take off from the body.
- From ancient times, people travelling or exploring the world used cucumber for sustaining starvation. This successfully shows the ability of cucumber to curb starvation.
- To reduce the stress in pregnant woman, cut few slices of cucumber and boil it in water. The nutrients present in cucumber gets released to water and releases an aroma which is said to reduce stress.
- When there is a sunburn, just cut a slice of cucumber and keep it on your skin to ward off skin burn and remove the cucumber slice after it gets warm.
- By rubbing a slice of cucumber on the inner edges of the mirror, you can avoid the clouding of the mirror in bathroom!!
- By rubbing a slice of cucumber over your shoes, it gets a shiny surface and also doesn’t lose this shine even when wet in water. So it makes a good shoe polish.
These are a few secret benefits of cucumber.
Wait for some more benefits to be unravelled in the next blog!!!!!
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