Health is very important for our body guard, addition to drugs that could keep our immune system better use of natural ingredients such as cucumber is a vegetable commonly eaten as vegetables. Types of vegetables that contain a lot of water this is one of the four most widely cultivated vegetable in the world besides tomatoes, onions, and cabbage.
Vegetables are believed to have originated from North India is considered to have many health benefits. Moreover, the whole vegetable is rich in water content. In addition, cucumber also rich in vitamins A, B1, B6, C and D, calcium, potassium and folic acid.
The following health benefits of cucumber for:
1. Caring for oral health
Cucumbers reduce bad breath and teeth. Not only that, useful cucumbers promote teeth and gums stronger. Chewing regularly cucumber slices can also kill the bacteria in the mouth.
2. Keeping the body from dehydration
When the weather is hot and sunny, you tend to sweat more than usual. Especially for those who are active outdoors doing activities. Excessive sweating can lead to dehydration. To restore the body's fluid intake, you can eat sliced cucumber or cucumber juice to re-create the body hydrated.
3. Stimulate weight loss
Not only rich in water content, cucumbers are also low in calories and fat. If you're on a diet, the consumption of cucumbers as a snack or a friend to eat your rice. Cucumbers can also become friends relaxing after exercise. Vegetables are also rich in silica also promotes joint health and strengthen the connective tissue in the body tissue
4. Against cancer
Cucumber contains three lignans namely ariciresinol, pinoresinol, and secoisolariciresinol. According to the researchers, lignans may reduce the risk of cancer, especially prostate cancer, colon, breast, ovarian and uterine cancer.
5. Remove toxins
90 Percent of green vegetables contain a lot of water and helps remove toxins and other harmful free radicals from the body.
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