Useful properties of cucumbers

Useful properties of cucumbers

Cucumbers are the remarkable vegetables having a number of useful properties, they contain vitamins, protein, cellulose and various minerals which are necessary for digestion normalization.

Instruction

1. Cucumbers consist of water for ninety five percent. They satisfy thirst and hunger (stretching stomach walls at the expense of volume that causes feeling of saturation). Structured, or "live", water as a part of cucumbers is natural adsorbent so regular consumption of these vegetables helps to remove toxins and to clean an organism.

2. Carbohydrates (starch, fructose and glucose), protein, vitamin C (it is more of it in small young vegetables), group B vitamins, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium and some other minerals are a part of a cucumber. Their number includes tartronovy acid which constrains transformation of carbohydrates to fats so fresh cucumbers need to be eaten with that who wants to lose weight.

3. Cucumbers significantly accelerate digestion, promote advance on food intestines therefore they are useful to people with "lazy intestines". Cucumber fasting days can solve this problem. These vegetables clean intestines, promoting clarification of all organism that well affects the state of health.

4. In cucumbers there are a lot of most useful compounds of iodine which are easily acquired by an organism so they need to be used regularly at problems with a thyroid gland. Iodine content in cucumbers is much higher, than in any other vegetables.

5. Cucumbers perfectly help to struggle with hypostases as they very quickly put in order water-salt balance, thanks to soft diuretic and laxative properties. Fasting days on these vegetables can be recommended to hypertensive persons and people with the increased puffiness.

6. Potassium and silicon which in cucumbers are enough are necessary for health of skin and hair. Regular use of masks from cucumbers will put a face in order, will save it from pimples and unpleasant rashes, besides such masks carefully bleach skin, leveling its tone.

7. Cucumbers have the all-strengthening properties therefore they are regularly recommended to be eaten at Qatar of the upper airways or tuberculosis. Besides cucumbers promote digestion of proteins therefore it makes sense to use them as a garnish for fish or meat, improvement of food helps to constrain development of tuberculosis.

8. Cucumbers improve metabolism speed, thanks to the content of folic acid which reduces appetite, and thanks to existence in structure of these vegetables of insulinopodobny substance, cucumbers normalize sugar level in blood. Therefore cucumbers use as means of fight against diabetes.

Author: «MirrorInfo» Dream Team


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