The cucumber is a creeping vine whose fruits are also called cucumber; it’s the fruits that we are concerned with here. Most of us are familiar with this green fruit; it is cylindrical in shape, approximately 6 to 9 inches long. The skin of the cucumber closely resembles that of the watermelon and ranges from green to white; the inside is very juicy and has a pale green colour with an almost watery flavour taste as more than 90% of it is made up of water.
One wonderful thing about the cucumber is that it can be eaten raw as a fruit just like the watermelon or as a vegetable, either way the cucumber is very beneficial to the human system.

Most of us eat the cucumber without knowing how it benefits our body system while some maybe because they are not aware of the benefits they can derive from the cucumber don’t fancy eating it. After going through this benefits am sure you might want to include this wonderful fruit in your food intake. The benefits that this fruit offers extend even outside of the human system. Below are some of the benefits we derive from each bite of the cucumber.

Weight control
Most people want to lose weight so they cut down on their food intake. Although some of these foods may be little in quantity, the calories they contain are high, thus they starve themselves and at same time end up giving the body enough calories to store as fat. Cucumber on the other hand is less in calories; a cup of cucumber juice contains just 16 calories. In addition to the low calories cucumber has soluble fibres which can dissolve in the gut delaying digestion and giving you the feeling of fullness.

Antioxidant effects
The cucumber can help slow down the rate at which we get older. It contains antioxidants like β-carotenes, α-carotenes, vitamin c, vitamin A as well as many other antioxidants. These antioxidants scavenge the Oxygen-derived free radicals as well as the Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) which play a role in the ageing process thus slowing down the ageing process.

Nutritional benefits
The cucumber contains lots of vitamins and other nutrients. Click here to get the full nutritional contents of the cucumber.

Inflammation
Cucumber extracts have the ability to inhibit the enzyme Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) which is responsible for production of prostaglandins which foster inflammation. Thus cucumber has anti-inflammatory effects.

Puffy eyes
The next time you wake up with puffy or swollen eyes maybe due to fluid retention or probably crying yourself to sleep, all you need to do is to lie down and cut 2 slices of cucumber and place them on your eyes for about 10 minutes.

Cure for Diabetes
Cucumber contains a very little amount of sugar and can be eaten even by diabetic patients. It also contains a substance needed by the pancreas to produce insulin which helps to lower the amount of sugar in the blood.

Rehydration
Next time when you’re dehydrated and can’t seem to find water nearby, just take a bite of cucumber. More than 90% of the cucumber is made up of water which can serve to rehydrate your system.

Anticancer effects
Cucumber contains cucurbitacin which has anti-cancer effects and also lignans which may also help to lower the chances of developing cancers such as breast cancer, ovarian cancer as well as prostate cancer.

Hair nails and skin care
Cucumber contains silicon and sulphur which promotes hair growth. The silicon also helps to make the nails stronger. The high content of vitamin C and other antioxidants makes the cucumber an ingredient for beauty creams used in treatment of eczema and acne etc.

Relief for heartburn and sunburn
Cucumber can serve as a relief for heartburns when eaten, when used on the skin it can relieve sunburn.


There are many other enormous benefits that you can get from eating the wonderful cucumber fruit which I have not included here and I hope I've given you reasons to include the cucumber fruit in your diet.

source:http://joeterryscorner..com/2014/10/cucumber-benefits-it-offers.html#more

I think I need a step up in my consumption of this fruit.

iamtheprincipal:
I think I need a step up in my consumption of this fruit.

it'll benefit you alot. it has several other benefits like stoppage of bad breath and brain protection

Cucumber, Plum and watermelon,



























anyday anytime

JOETYNO:
Cucumber, Plum and watermelon,



























anyday anytime

good choice

joeterri:
it'll benefit you alot. it has several other benefits like stoppage of bad breath and brain protection

Thank you, Mr Joe.

iamtheprincipal:


Thank you, Mr Joe.

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