Cucumber: than it is useful how many calories and that contain

The cucumber is one of the most useful, products, inexpensive and habitual for our table. But it is at first sight difficult to present as far as this fruit is important for maintenance of normal activity of our organism. Under the lung refreshing with taste, gentle pulp and a bright skin the well of necessary nutrients and a huge water supply disappears. We will tell about useful properties of cucumbers and various application further in article.

Caloric content and nutrition value

This fruit is a relative of a melon, watermelon and pumpkin cultures. It is considered that the period of cultivation of a plant began in the 4th century BC. Initially the warm tropical countries of Asia (India, China) were the homeland of cucumbers, but during numerous wars this vegetable was delivered on the territory of Europe where to this day it is applied in various areas of human life.

Probably, everyone knows that 95% as a part of a cucumber are occupied by water. The question arises — from where to undertake to other useful substances if the cucumber almost completely consists of liquid? But in it the secret of this vegetable also is! Thanks to a large amount of moisture it contains very few calories, but at the same time contains huge number of useful vitamins, micro and macrocells.

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Caloric content of 100 grams of fresh vegetable is only 14 kcal, and it means that, having eaten even kilogram of cucumbers, you receive only 140 kilocalories that makes only 10-15% of a daily kalorazh of the average person.

Whether you know? Besides a green shade, traditional for us, there are a lot more color variations of a cucumber. So, vegetable can be painted in white, yellow, orange and red shades. For example, the peel of the Indian cucumber (Momordica charantia) in a dozrely look can be all shades orange, up to carrot. And here pulp of an exotic fruit is similar to ripe watermelon — bright red, crimson.

Vitamin and mineral structure

In spite of the fact that vegetable mainly consists of liquid, it contains very useful cocktail from vitamins, micro and macrocells, organic acids and even a small amount of starch and sugar.

Besides, as a part of this product 12 irreplaceable and 8 replaceable amino acids contain. Among other minerals is: cobalt, iodine, molybdenum, selenium, chrome. In insignificant quantity in a cucumber there are vitamins of group B (B1, B2, B6, B9).

Than cucumbers are useful to an organism

Cucumbers can be used at any age, even to the least children, pregnant women and the lactating women.

Adults

Cucumbers should be included in a diet as healthy people, and those who suffer from violation of work of a cardiovascular system, kidneys and a secretory system, a metabolic disorder and excess weight. They have to be present at a table of the person fighting against excess kologramma.

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Cucumbers fill our need for moisture, vitamins and minerals that well affects work of all bodies and the systems of an organism:

• toxins, processing products are removed;
• manifestations of heartburn are facilitated;
• there is a light laxative effect, there pass locks;
• level of sugar, cholesterol and arterial blood pressure is normalized;
• breath is refreshed;
• the musculoskeletal device becomes stronger.

As the cucumber perfectly fills the needs of an organism for moisture, it is an effective remedy from a hangover. Before withdrawal for sleeping it is necessary to eat a small cucumber: thanks to such cunning it will be possible to avoid a headache, the broken state since morning and stale breath.

Pregnant women and the feeding mothers

This product has to be present at a diet of the pregnant woman surely. The fact is that during incubation of the kid the woman's organism especially is in great need in liquid. Paradoxically, but its insufficient quantity can lead to hypostases — a frequent problem of future mothers. As the cucumber consists mostly of water, it perfectly humidifies, saturates with moisture and refreshes.

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Besides, in situation it is useful for young ladies to use this vegetable for the following reasons:

• eliminates locks (that is especially relevant in the second and third trimester);
• strengthens the immune system of future mummy;
• normalizes pressure;
• strengthens bone and cartilaginous tissue;
• folic acid (B9) contributes to the normal development of a fruit and course of pregnancy.

At a lactation it is also worth showing care, using this product — he is capable to cause violations of digestion in the baby.

Important! Pregnant women need to consider strong diuretic effect of the use of this product. Therefore it is not desirable to eat cucumbers before going to bed, an exit to the street if you know that you will not be able long to visit the bathroom.

Children

Having added cucumbers to a diet, it is possible to vitaminize quickly and easily the kids menu. In food of the kid this product has to be obligatory, especially during a season, the advantage of vegetable for the growing organism is huge:

• sodium and potassium I regulate water-salt balance, normalize activity of nervous system;
• prevents dehydration;
• adjusts work of a GIT, helps to fight against chronic locks;
• iodine as a part of a product well influences mental activity of the child.

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Cucumbers extremely seldom cause individual intolerance therefore are considered as a hypoallergenic product. It can be entered into a diet of the smallest, since one-year-old age. The product needs to be offered the baby in the cleaned and crushed look at a rate of 0.5-1 teaspoons. If to begin to feed the kid with vegetable at more early age, it threatens with developing of swelling. Also it is necessary to remember that in the child's diet up to 5 years there have to be only fresh vegetables: in a salty and marinated type of the kid it is necessary to acquaint with cucumbers on reaching the specified age.

Application

The set of applications was found for so useful vegetable. It is appreciated the refreshing taste at culinary specialists, growing thin prefer cucumbers because of the low caloric content and moisture, in cosmetology the cucumber is used as the toning and rejuvenating means, and traditional medicine can offer a set of recipes with this vegetable for disposal of various illnesses. However and on it application of green vegetable does not come to an end — it can be used in life as inexpensive and natural means for care for the house: for disposal of slugs, greasing of creaking doors, wiping of mirrors and footwear.

In cookery

Cucumbers are in most cases used without any processing: fresh they give to an organism at most of advantage. The fruit can be eaten entirely, it is possible to clean from tails or a peel. The cleaned cucumber has fresh, however slightly less tart taste, than a fruit in a skin. In summertime the cucumber becomes constant ingredient of salads. It is combined with young cabbage and green onions, greens, sweet pepper, vegetable marrows. Green vegetable is also added to cuttings or used as ornament for effective giving of a dish. Cold cucumber soup has the excellent refreshing properties: such dish saturates with moisture, vitamins, cools and gives a necessary charge of freshness in hot summer days.

Important! The favourite widespread combination of a cucumber and tomato is all wrong in terms of compatibility of products. These fruits are antivitamins, that is antagonists or vitamin rivals who neutralize advantage of each other and can even do much harm to an organism. Similar mix leads to formation of salts, gases, inflation and other violations of digestion.

Some grades of cucumbers can be used for roasting and a farshirovaniye, but in most cases in our territory the cucumbers are preserved or salted that the product could be used all the year round. In such look the cucumber can be eaten as independent snack or to use as ingredient for other dishes: vinaigrette, solyanka, rassolnik, ragout, sandwiches. What the fruit combines better with in total

• with all types of greens;
• with other vegetables;
• with the baked, fried meat, fish;
• with porridges and potatoes in any kind.

This vegetable is also often applied to preparation summer refreshing and loading energy of smoothie, green cocktails, fresh juices.

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In dietology

The cucumber is included into huge number of diets for weight loss, it is also recommended in a diet of people who wish to eat in a balanced way and fully. So vitamin-rich, water, the low-calorie and inexpensive product surely has to appear in kitchen of the person who decided to lead the body to a healthy look. As it is possible to apply vegetable at weight loss:

1. For fasting days. To give to the organism rest and to start cleaning processes, it is possible to arrange 1-2 times a week days on cucumbers. The day before it is necessary to reserve 1.5-2 kg of vegetables and to evenly eat them during the day. It is important not to use salt and other spices. If nevertheless overcomes intolerable feeling of hunger, it is possible to eat a handful of low-fat cottage cheese, boiled meat or the egg hard-boiled.
2. Cucumber diet. It not necessarily has to be the wearisome and boring monodiet. Besides actually cucumbers it is possible to add such useful products to the menu: low-fat grades of meat and fish (it is desirable baked or steamed), the fat-free dairy products, unsweetened fruit, vegetables, in unlimited number greens. At observance of a diet it is worth minimizing bread, cheese, potatoes.
3. As useful ingredient in dishes. This vegetable can be used for preparation of nutritious, useful and low-calorie soups, salads, pastes, snack.
4. As having a snack after 18:00. Often nutritionists do not recommend to eat in the evening after the specified time, but for many people to follow this rule extremely difficult. Not to overload an organism with heavy food before going to bed, however to saturate it with useful substances, it is possible to make having a snack of several cucumbers. But at the same time it is important not to use salts!

Whether you know? The cucumber quite often became an object in painting and the photo. So, in pictures of artists of Renaissance (for example, Carlo Crivelli Madonna and child) vegetable symbolized purity, abstention, revival, favor and God's love. It is interesting that the cucumber was opposed to apple, a symbol of fall and perversity.

In traditional medicine

The nonconventional medicine uses a cucumber in several types:

• fresh juice;
• brine;
• the crushed cucumber (gruel) for compresses and lotions;
• infusion.

Most often the cucumber in one form or another can be met in the following recipes:

• from hypostases;
• for a phlegm otkhozhdeniye;
• from warm violations — arrhythmias, ischemia;
• against chronic locks;
• for strengthening of vessels and decrease in LPVP (bad cholesterol);
• at dehydration (for example, as a result of poisoning and diarrhea);
• from violations of functioning of a liver;
• at skin defeats.

Besides directly vegetable the cucumber tops of vegetable is applied to treatment of illnesses. These greens are an effective remedy at gynecologic diseases, bleedings, violations in work of a GIT, at manifestations of a menopause, from mastopathy. Seeds or a peel of a fruit and also flowers can separately be necessary for preparation of separate means.

In cosmetology

The cucumber belongs to some of the most universal ukhodovy remedies which almost any woman will be able to find at herself in kitchen. And, most likely, each woman knows about miracle properties of this vegetable for appearance skin firsthand.

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As green vegetable influences ours to a term:

• tones up and refreshes;
• humidifies, removes dryness and peelings;
• eliminates excessive fat content, cleans;
• helps to struggle with eels, rash, irritations and reddenings;
• rejuvenates, returns to skin elasticity and elasticity;
• bleaches skin, softly eliminating spots, freckles, traces from rashes;
• narrows pores;
• removes blue circles under eyes.

The cucumber will come to the rescue at the fat, dry and combined skin type. It only in exceptional cases can cause an allergy therefore it is possible to use it without fear. After use of juice it is optional to wash away it, it does not possess in color and the expressed smell therefore can remain on skin before drying that the useful effect amplified. But this recommendation is relevant if juice was used as monoingredient.

It is important! That the advantage of a cucumber was maximum, before application it needs to be cooled in the fridge within 20-30 minutes. So he will show more than the toning and rejuvenating properties.

For preparation of ukhodovy means the cucumber can be combined with clays,