Friday 21 October 2011

Health Tips for cucumber

Cucumber is a great folk medicine used to reduce heat and inflammation. It can be eaten raw, pickled or used in cooking. This cool fruit is popular among women because it is normally used to help treat tired eyes.

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Health benefits of cucumber
Health Benefits of cucumber:

  * Cucumber can be used for skin problems because of its diuretic, cooling and cleansing property
  * Another benefit of cucumber is in helping to heal a range of illnesses - including lung, stomach and chest  problem, gout, arthritis and tapeworm

The Use:

  * To reduce heartburn or sooth acid stomach, drink fresh cucumber juice. The same applies for people suffering from gastritis or ulcer.
  * To reduce swelling and soothe the eyes, place a cucumber slice over closed eyes.
  * Cucumber juice, when taken daily may help to control cases of eczema, arthritis and gout.

Tips:

  1. Keep cucumbers cool or it will be soggy. Either keep it refrigerated or keep it away from direct sunlight.
  2. To get rid of the bitterness, cut off the ends and peel the skin.
  3. Keep away from pickled cucumbers. There are two reasons for this. Firstly, because pickled cucumber has lost most of its vitamin. Secondly, because pickled cucumber is also high in sodium.

Cucumber Nutritional Content:
   one medium sized slicing cucumber
  •    Calories 13 
  •   Vitamin c5.5 mcg
  •   Molybdenum 5.6 mcg 
  •        Vitamin A 223.60 UI
  •   Magnesium 11.44 mg





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