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Nutritionist talks about the health benefits of cucumbers: how they will improve your health
19.05.2023 12:21
What an interesting vegetable we have for analysis today! Cucumber! Green and tasty guest on our tables. Everyone remembers this juicy crunch? In what forms only housewives do not cook it, and it is wonderful!
It is impossible to imagine a summer diet, snacks, winter pickles without it; Olivier salad alone plays with different colors due to the choice of cucumbers for it.
Let's talk about the benefits and composition of cucumbers together with Maria Yuryevna Kapralova - a certified nutritionist in matters of rational nutrition and weight correction.
Cucumbers can be safely classified as a dietary food product, since there are only 150 kcal per 1 kg. Cucumbers contain potassium, phosphorus, chlorine, calcium, magnesium. Cucumbers contain vitamins A, E and K, as well as vitamins C and B vitamins. The remaining 98% is water. This is an excellent natural moisturizer for the body!
Cucumbers help remove toxins from the body, reduce swelling, act as a mild laxative, choleretic and diuretic, normalize the functioning of the cardiovascular system, and when consumed regularly, prevent the formation of kidney stones.
Can you eat cucumbers every day?
Of course you can, you even should!
The daily norm for a healthy adult is 2-3 medium-sized pieces.
When is the best time to eat cucumbers?
Nutritionist Maria Kapralova notes that this is a natural moisturizer for the body. It is recommended to eat them in the heat, after bathing, after training or jogging. And you can also eat a cucumber at night with a clear conscience if you are really hungry.
Eating a cucumber at night will help you wake up without a headache and ease a hangover.
However, you shouldn't eat them often on an empty stomach - this can be harmful for people with gastritis, duodenal ulcers and mucosal irritation.
This vegetable plays a special role for women. The magnesium, potassium, biotin, vitamin A and B1 contained in it help to provide skin and hair with moisture, give elasticity, and protect against the negative impact of the environment.
Cucumber juice contains substances that can restore skin and reduce pigmentation. Personally, I immediately remembered a picture of a woman with a mask on her face and cucumber slices on her eyes, and you?
To peel or to unpeel? That is the question!
Children and the elderly can cut off the skin if it has thorns.
But for adults, there is no need to peel the skin, because the skin contains the largest amount of fiber and nutrients.
Can you eat pickles?
Here it is worth distinguishing between pickled and salted cucumbers with natural fermentation. Pickled ones often contain vinegar, which further contributes to the acidification of the body, that is, aging.
But salted ones, during the fermentation process, acquire many beneficial bacteria that coexist perfectly with our microflora and help digestion.
