Cucumber
cucumber
Cucumber meat crisp and tender, juicy sweet, raw food to quench thirst, and has a special fragrance. Cucumber contains 98% water, rich in protein, sugar, vitamin B2, vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene, nicotinic acid, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. Cucumber contains vitamin B1, which is beneficial to the improvement of brain and nervous system function, can calm the mind and settle the mind, and assist in the treatment of insomnia. Cucurbitin C contained in cucumber has the function of improving human immune function and can achieve the purpose of anti-tumor. In addition, the substance can also treat chronic hepatitis. The alanine, arginine and glutamine amide contained in cucumber have a certain auxiliary therapeutic effect on liver patients, especially on alcoholic cirrhosis patients, and can prevent alcoholism. Cucumbers have a diuretic effect, helping to remove potentially harmful substances like uric acid from the blood. Cucumber taste sweet and cool, with heat and water, detoxification effect. It has a unique effect on chest heat and diuresis, and also has obvious effect on dehumidification, smooth intestine and analgesia. Cucumber also can cure scalds, miliaria and so on. In addition, cucumber vine has good blood pressure and cholesterol lowering effects. Cucumbers are good for losing weight. Fresh cucumber still contains propanol 2 acid, can inhibit carbohydrate material into fat. Cucumber also contains cellulose, to promote intestinal peristalsis, accelerate excretion and reduce cholesterol has a certain effect. The QUANTITY of heat of cucumber is very low, for hypertension, hyperlipidemia and the diabetes that concomITANT obesity, it IS A kind OF ideal therapeutic good vegetables. Cucumbers are also beauty vegetables, there are "kitchen beauty agent" called. Cucumber contains cucumber enzyme, can promote the metabolism of human body, discharge toxins, vitamin C, can whiten skin, maintain skin elasticity, inhibit the formation of melanin. Often EDIBLE OR STICK ON THE skin can effectively fight skin aging, reduce the generation of wrinkles, and can prevent cheilitis, keratitis. Old cucumber is rich in vitamin E, can prolong life, anti aging; The cucumber enzyme in cucumber has strong biological activity and can effectively promote the metabolism of the body. Nutritionists believe that the more natural the salad, the better, can not blanch as far as possible, because vitamins are water capacity substances, vegetables a blanching is easy to cause vitamin loss. Cucumber contains vitamin C, vitamin B group and many trace minerals, it contains rich nutrients, raw taste crisp and refreshing, nutrients will not be lost. Studies have proved that cucumber skin is rich in nutrients and should be eaten raw. However, in order to prevent pesticide residues from harming the human body, cucumber skin should be soaked in salt water for 15 to 20 minutes before washing raw food. When soaking cucumber in brine, do not pinch the head to remove the root, to keep the cucumber intact, so as not to lose nutrients in the process of soaking. When eating cucumber, we must keep cucumber handle, this is because cucumber handle contains more bitter taste element, the bitter component is calabash element C, is a rare detoxification and beauty food, the experiment has proved that calabash element C has obvious anti-tumor effect. If you are tired of fried cucumber, cucumber mix, then homemade cup of cucumber juice drinking, taste and nutrition are good, can be used to prevent oral diseases in summer. The recipe for cucumber juice is as simple as simply marinating fresh cucumbers in sugar or adding cold boiling water
