Foods that cannot be eaten with cucumber?

The cucumber can be called a treasure vegetable, also known as the "common man's vegetable".

And it is also a necessary vegetable in many homes, every meal without cucumber, is crispy, sweet, and juicy. Both men and women, young and old, are very fond of eating is, is nutritious and healthy vegetables.

Cucumber is rich in nutrients such as high-quality protein and calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, carotene, vitamin B2, vitamin c, vitamin E, and niacin that our body needs.

Protein is the bearer of the body's life activities, with the four functions of catalysis, transport, immunity, and regulation, and is also the main part of the composition of the human body.

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About cucumber

[Cucumber value].

The cucumber is a practical fruit vegetable, belonging to the Cucurbitaceae family, containing a certain amount of vitamin C, carotene, and a small amount number of minerals. The main substance contained in cucumber is water, which accounts for about 90%.

Patients with diabetes and those who are on a diet can consume cucumber without aggravating their bodies. Cucumber contains vitamin C, which promotes immune components and improves immune function. Cucumber also contains vitamin B2, which can prevent diseases such as peristomalacia and xerostomia.

The benefits of eating cucumber]

1. Vitamin supplement

The cucumber can be eaten every day to supplement the body rich in vitamins, especially vitamin C. By eating cucumber supplement vitamin C has a very good role in promoting resistance, but also promotes body detoxification, and cleaning up the body's waste.

2. Aids in protecting the liver

The cucumber can absorb a certain amount of alanine and arginine every day, these substances have a very obvious protective effect on the human liver, and can reduce the virus damage to the liver.

3. Rich in nutrition

Rich in protein, sugar, and various vitamins: vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene, and trace elements: calcium, phosphorus, iron, and other nutrients. Regular consumption of cucumber has the effect of clearing heat, quenching thirst, water, and swelling.

4. Clear the breath and benefit the kidneys

Cucumber juice is good for healing gum disease and can make your breath fresher when eaten regularly. In addition, cucumber can also reduce the level of uric acid in the body, which has a protective effect on the kidneys.

5. Weight loss

Cucumber contains a substance called malonic acid, this substance can effectively inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, with a certain weight loss effect. You can eat more cucumber when you are losing weight.

The cucumber has a high glycemic index.

The glycemic index of cucumber is usually not high. The glycemic index > 70% belongs to the high glycemic index food, while the glycemic index of cucumber is only 15%, so the glycemic index of cucumber is not high.

The glycemic index is an indicator of the degree of increase in blood sugar caused by the intake of a certain food, and it is important for the dietary guidance of diabetic patients.

Diabetic patients can generally use cucumber instead of fruit between meals, as not only can increase the sense of satiety, but also will not lead to increased blood sugar, can be eaten.

In addition, cucumber is low in fat, so diabetic patients can eat it without affecting their condition and help control their weight.

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Food that cannot be eaten with cucumber? Remind everyone should pay attention to, do not take it seriously

1. peanuts

Cucumber and peanuts are mixed in this cold dish, in many homes and restaurants, but cucumber and peanuts are very unscientific.

If raw and cold food meets fried food again, it will directly stimulate the gastrointestinal tract and damage the gastric mucosa, which will also lead to gastrointestinal pain and diarrhea.

2. Chili

Cucumber and chili eaten together will affect the body's absorption of vitamin C. Cucumber contains a vitamin C decomposition enzyme and daily life. Cucumber ate raw more, this time it contains the vitamin C decomposition enzyme to maintain a certain level of activity.

If eaten with vitamin C-rich foods such as chili peppers, the vitamin C-decomposing enzyme in cucumber will destroy the vitamin C of other foods. although not harmful to the human body, but will reduce the absorption of vitamin C in the human body.

3. celery

Cucumber contains vitamin C decomposing enzyme, and in daily life, cucumber is eaten raw. At this time, the vitamin C decomposing enzyme contained in it maintains a certain activity.

If eaten together with celery and other foods rich in vitamin C, the vitamin C-decomposing enzyme in cucumber will destroy the vitamin C in other foods and reduce the absorption of vitamin C by the body.

4. Citrus

Cucumber is rich in vitamin C oxidase, while citrus is rich in vitamin C, containing about 25 mg per 100 grams. When making a western salad, sometimes with cucumber to make its color bright, the vitamin C in citrus is easily broken down by the enzyme in cucumber.

5. Spinach

Spinach is a relatively common vegetable with high nutritional value. It is important to know that spinach is rich in a variety of vitamins, minerals, and carotenoids.

It has the effect of nourishing blood to stop bleeding and moisten dryness, while cucumber also has a rich nutritional value. But the intersection of the two will have the opposite effect, causing the consequences of reduced nutritional value.

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The best combination of cucumber

1. U fish

Cucumbers can inhibit the transformation of sugar substances into fat, and play a role in weight loss. The fish is rich in protein, a variety of vitamins, and a variety of essential amino acids, with the spleen and diuretic effect. The two together can clear heat and diuresis, strengthen the spleen and benefit the qi, fitness, and beauty.

2. Shrimp

Cucumber with shrimp can be made into a home-cooked dish of shrimp with cucumber, which has the effect of clearing heat, diuretic, and kidney tonic. It is suitable for the treatment of thirst, fever, sore throat, red eyes, edema, sore back, knees, etc.

3. Mullein

The malonic acid in cucumber can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat in the body, thus achieving the effect of weight loss. The fungus is rich in many nutrients and is known as the "meat of the vegetarian".

The plant gum in the fungus has a strong adsorption power, which can absorb certain impurities remaining in the human digestive system and then be discharged from the body, thus playing a role in detoxification and intestinal cleansing.

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Extended topic: Can I keep cucumbers fresh in the refrigerator?

Yes.

Cucumbers can be put into the refrigerator for fresh, but not directly into the refrigerator on. First of all, do not wash the cucumber, directly in a plastic bag, you can also wrap it with plastic wrap, to easily lock the moisture, to ensure that the cucumber skin will not lose water and become wrinkled.

Then put it in the refrigerator's freezer section for freshness. If the refrigerator has a fresh section, then it is better to put it in the fresh section for preservation. Because the refrigerator storage temperature is generally about 4 ℃ to 6 ℃, and cucumber storage suitable temperature for 10 ℃ to 12 ℃.

Because the cucumber contains more water if a long time refrigeration will appear frost "injury", black, soft, tasteless, and other phenomena. You can use plastic wrap the cucumber wrapped into the refrigerator fresh room, generally, putting 1,2 days is no problem.