Health benefits of cucumber

If you would like to make your diet healthier by adding more vegetables to your meals, cucumbers are a great choice. Here is a short list of the impressive health benefits that a cucumber carries:

Keeps you hydrated: If you are too busy to drink enough water, munch on the cool cucumber, which is 96% water. It will cheerfully compensate!

Fights heat, both inside and out: Eat cucumber, and your body gets relief from heartburn. Apply cucumber on your skin, and you get relief from sunburn.

Flushes out toxins: All that water in cucumber acts as a virtual broom, sweeping waste products out of your system. With regular use, cucumber is known to dissolve kidney stones.

Lavishes you with vitamins: A, B and C, which boost immunity, give you energy, and keep you radiant. Give it more power by juicing cucumber with carrot and spinach.

Supplies skin-friendly minerals: Magnesium, potassium, silicon. That's why cucumber-based treatments abound in spas.

Aids in weight loss: Enjoy cucumbers in your salads and soups. Crunchy cucumber sticks with creamy low-fat yogurt dip.

Revives the eyes: Placing chilled slices of cucumber on the eyes is a clichéd beauty visual, but it really helps reduce under-eye bags and puffiness.

Cuts cancer: Cut down your risk of several cancers by including cucumber in your diet. Several studies show its cancer-fighting potential.

Stabilises blood pressure: Patients of blood pressure, both high and low, often find that eating cucumber brings relief.