If you’d like to make your diet healthier by adding more vegetables to
your meals, cucumbers are a great choice. Cucumbers are widely used in
traditional diets as well as spas across the world for a reason: They
are good for health.
It would be recalled that in the last two weeks, some Nigerian ladies
and women have shied away from purchasing Cucumbers since the usage by
Chidinma Okeke and a ‘lover’ for s*xual acts which before then has been
rampant on the down-low.
In this post, cucumbers are said to have the following benefits:
potential anti diabetic, antioxidant activity, cleansing action of
toxins and waste, soothing effect against skin irritation, and
prevention of constipation. And here are 10 health benefits of cucumbers
in more details.
1. Help you stay hydrated
Cucumbers are 95.2 percent water, which means that a 5-ounce serving
contains 4.8 ounces or 150 ml water. That’s already about 26 percent of
your daily water intake through food.
2. Support heart health
Cucumbers contain potassium (152mg per cup), which can help lower blood
pressure. A review of the best studies conducted on potassium intake
showed that a higher intake “is associated with lower rates of stroke
and might also reduce the risk of total cardiovascular disease.”
As less than 2 percent of U.S. adults consume the recommended 4,700 mg
potassium per day, eating cucumbers is an easy way to start increasing
your potassium consumption.
3. Protect your brain from neurological diseases
An anti-inflammatory substance called fisetin is present in cucumbers, as well as strawberries and gr*pes.
It has recently been suggested that fisetin plays an important role in
brain health: It would have “the ability to reduce the impact of
age-related neurological diseases on brain function,” and it would also
help maintain cognitive function in people with Alzheimer’s disease.
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