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People seem to love cucumber, enough to cause them to be grown more on earth than all but three other vegetables. They’re not just popular, they’re healthy, too. People even refer to them as a superfood.
One notable thing: since they’re being grown in such big numbers, you might expect there are a lot of pesticides being used. But organic, pesticide-free cucumbers to keep your body free of toxins and other chemicals you don’t know much about.
Lets look at 10 good things cucumbers do for us:
Since they have B vitamins, they can pick up your mood.
They have a lot of water, which your body needs about 8 cups of per day to keep properly hydrated. It also helps the body pass toxins.
Vitamins, too. They have most of the daily-needs vitamins your body requires. The skin also has vitamins — a good amount of C.
You can also use cucumber skin on your own skin… for sunburns, irritations and other skin conditions. You use it like you would aloe. You can put it on your eyes, as you’ve probably seen many women and men do, to reduce puffiness — it does that because it has anti-inflammatory properties.
Cucumbers also stimulate growth of hair because they has silicon and sulfur.
Lariciresinol, secoisolariciresinol, pinoresinol — these are lignans and have been connected with reduced risk of cancers like breast, ovarian, prostate and uterine.
Phytochemicals in cucumber can freshen your breath by killing bacteria — press a slice against the roof of your mouth.
The vitamin B, sugar, and electrolytes can help with your hangovers too, if you drink significant amounts of alcohol.
That water in the cucumbers, plus their low caloric value can help with weight loss. They have a lot of fiber to clean out toxins and aid digestion. Constipation (chronic) can be eased with cucumbers, therefore.
A hormone in cucumber is what your pancreas uses to produce insulin, and cucumber can help diabetics. Cholesterol levels can be brought into line with sterols in cukes.
Gout, joint health, arthritis — silica in cucumbers helps strengthen connective tissues. Gout and arthritis can be relieved by lowering uric acid levels, which can be done with vitamin A, B1, B6, C & D, Folate, Calcium, Magnesium, and Potassium from cucumbers when mixed with carrot juice.
Don’t forget a couple interesting uses of cucumber as a household tool: eliminating foggy mirrors and greasing squeaky hinges.
