Introduction: In the summer, cucumber can be described as an indispensable seasonal vegetable, cucumber, also known as huckleberries, cucumbers, daily cold, stir-fried or dipped in sauce and other cooking methods.
Cucumber fruit color is oily green or green, can also be used as medicine. Cucumber is a common vegetable, rich in vitamins B2, C, E, carotene, niacin, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients.
As the saying goes, "Eat more melon in summer, a solution to the summer of a thousand sorrows", cucumber is the most popular summer vegetables, cucumber taste crisp and juicy, sweet, whether eaten raw or fried, are very tasty, go to the market to buy food, people will always buy a few cucumbers.
Especially in the summer, people often drink beer, eat a cold cucumber, cool and refreshing!
What are the benefits of cucumber to the body?
First:
can effectively replenish water, for dry dehydration, as well as heat stroke, supplemental cucumber is a good protection for water.
Second:
Cucumber is rich in vitamin C, which has the function of improving human immunity, and has the function and purpose of anti-tumor, therefore, cucumber has a certain good effect on the increase of human immunity.
Third:
Cucumber is rich in vitamin E, which can play a role in slowing down the aging process, fight against excess oxygen free radicals in the body, and whiten the skin.
Fourth:
Cucumber is rich in alanine, arginine, glutamic acid, for liver disease, especially liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, alcoholic liver disease, have some auxiliary therapeutic effect.
Of course, the cucumber also has a gram of food, next may wish to understand the cucumber "dead right" what? Life more attention to cucumber with!
What is the food of cucumber? Both try not to eat together, do not take it seriously
Cucumber and chili pepper
Cucumber can not be eaten with chili pepper, cucumber and chili pepper belongs to the class of Senkaku, this is because of chili peppers in the vitamin C, capsaicin and other nutrients, will be broken down and destroyed by cucumber in the cucumber enzyme.
In daily life, stewed cucumber and chili pepper do not eat together, although it is not harmful to the human body, but it will reduce the absorption of vitamin C in the human body.
Cucumber and celery
Cucumber contains vitamin C decomposition enzyme, due to the cucumber dishes, mostly raw or cold, which the enzyme is not inactivated, if eaten with celery, celery in the vitamin C will be destroyed by decomposition, and thus the nutritional value of the greatly reduced.
Cucumber and Shanghai green
Shanghai green, also known as Shanghai cabbage, taste fresh, rich in fiber, carbohydrates and a variety of minerals, vitamins, has a high nutritional value, but and cucumber eaten with the nutritional value of vitamin C will be destroyed.
Cucumber and spinach
Spinach is rich in a variety of vitamins, minerals, and carotenoids, has the effect of nourishing the blood to stop bleeding and moistening the dryness of the cucumber is also rich in nutritive value, but the two intersection will have the opposite effect, causing the consequences of the nutritional value of the reduction.
Cucumber and yam
Yam is flat, sweet flavor, easy to absorb the nutrients alone, but and cucumber together will make the nutritional value of the reduction.
Cucumber and what with the best:
Cucumber with fungus
Cucumber in the propanedioic acid can inhibit the body of sugar into fat, which can play a weight loss effect.
And fungus in the plant gum, has a strong adsorption, can be residual in the human digestive system of certain impurities concentrated adsorption, and then discharged from the body, which can play a role in detoxification and purification.
The two mixed food can achieve weight loss, tonic and strong, and blood, balanced nutritional effects. So want to lose weight and slim down the beauty, may wish to consume more cucumber fish fungus with dinner it.
Cucumber with tofu
Tofu has the highest protein content in plant foods and its protein is easily digested and absorbed by the human body, which is the ideal food for people with reduced intestinal and digestive functions.
Tofu is cold in nature and contains very little carbohydrates, which has the effect of moderating the body and moisturizing and calming the fire.
Cucumber, which is cold and sweet in nature, has the effect of clearing heat and diuresis, relieving symptoms, detoxification, anti-inflammatory, nourishing the lungs, moistening the dryness and calming the stomach, as well as clearing heat and dispersing blood.
Cucumber beauty effects:
1, reduce swelling under the eyes, treat the lower eye bags have two thin slices of cold cucumber (cooling effect is better, because it can reduce swelling)
2, put it on your bikini line, anti-inflammatory properties of cucumber compresses on the skin to help reduce the skin with a fresh waxing! redness, place the cucumber in the refrigerator before using.
3, create a cucumber mud mask, add cucumber a mud mask can give a stabilizing effect, try DIY mask in cold weather, once a week.
4, treat sunburn, if you forget to rub your sunscreen while you're out and about and want to put an end to a painful sunburn quickly, try a cucumber remedy. They boost blood circulation and can help return moisturization to your skin.