The efficacy and effects of cucumber

Cucumber, also known as hugua, is a vegetable species brought back to China from Zhang Qian's mission to the West. In the summer, cucumber is a favorite of beautiful women, both in the fruit world and vegetable dishes, not only crisp, but also juicy. What are the benefits and effects of cucumber and contraindications?

Diuretic detoxification

Cucumber is cool, such as the lung, stomach, large intestine, clear heat and water, detoxification and swelling. Cucumber has the effect of clearing heat and quenching thirst, diuretic and detoxification, etc., often eaten for health benefits.

Anti-aging

Cucumber is rich in vitamins, with anti-aging effect, cucumber enzyme has a strong biological activity, can promote the body's metabolism, with cucumber juice rubbed skin, have emollient, stretching wrinkles effect.

Beauty and skin care

Fresh cucumber contains a cucumber enzyme, which has strong biological activity and can effectively promote the body's metabolism, and cucumber also contains a lot of vitamin E. Therefore, using cucumber juice on the face skin, can achieve moisturizing skin, remove wrinkles, anti-aging effect, especially for dry skin is very good.

Weight loss and slimming

Cucumber contains malonic acid, can inhibit the transformation of sugar substances into fat, have a weight loss effect, so obese people eat more cucumber can receive the effect of weight loss.

Treatment of alcoholic liver

Cucumber contains alanine, arginine and glutamine on liver disease, especially alcoholic cirrhosis patients have excellent adjuvant therapy, can also be used to prevent alcoholism.

Lowering blood sugar

Cucumber contains glucoside, mannitol, fructose, xylose are not involved in the usual sugar metabolism, so diabetic patients eat cucumber, blood sugar will not only not increase, and will lower blood sugar, so diabetic patients can often eat cucumber. Moreover, the fiber contained in cucumber can accelerate the excretion of intestine and also has the function of lowering cholesterol in blood. Therefore, patients with high cholesterol and atherosclerosis, often eat cucumber is very beneficial.

Anti-cancer and anti-cancer

Cucumber contains a kind of cucurbitacin C, this substance has obvious anti-tumor, improve human immunity, promote the role of cell development, can achieve the purpose of strengthening the body; In addition, the dietary fiber in cucumber can accelerate the human intestinal decay material excretion, thus can effectively prevent colorectal cancer.

Strengthen the brain and calm the mind

Cucumber contains vitamin B1, which can improve the function of the brain and nervous system, calm the mind, and assist in the treatment of insomnia.

Cucumber contraindications to consumption

1. cucumber is cold, stomach cold, spleen and stomach weakness, lung cold cough people should not eat more. 2. should not be consumed in excess of raw cucumber. 3. Because cucumber contains vitamin C solubilizing enzyme, although it does not cause damage to its own vitamin C, but with other vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables will destroy vitamin C, so cucumber should not be eaten with cabbage, tomatoes, cherries, parsnips, etc.

Cucumber serving tips

Cold cucumber, it is best to add some garlic minced, so that not only better taste, but also prevent intestinal diseases: appropriate to add some aldehyde, both to increase the fresh taste of cucumber. And can reduce the loss of vitamin C, can be said to kill two birds with one stone.