Why is cucumber bitter?
There are three reasons for the bitter taste of cucumber:
First, cucumber bitterness is a physiological phenomenon of cucumber itself, and such bitter cucumber is harmless to human body.
Secondly, bitter gourd is caused by excessive use of pesticides by melon farmers during cucumber growth. Eating such cucumber is very harmful to human body.
Thirdly, some cucumber varieties are prone to produce mutant plants in the growth process, and most of the cucumbers produced are bitter. The reason why cucumbers are bitter needs further experiments, but most of them are of poor quality, low nutritional value and high risk. Experts suggest that bitter cucumber should not be eaten by the public.
Medicinal value of cucumber
Cucumber is a good medicine, in which vines, roots and seeds can be used as medicine. Chinese medicine believes that cucumber is sweet and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat and quenching thirst and dredging waterways. Can be used for treating polydipsia, pharyngalgia, red eye and scald. Fever patients are thirsty, so eating cucumber has a good effect of clearing away heat, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. For patients with sore throat and pinkeye, an old cucumber is seeded, filled with mirabilite, dried in the shade, ground into fine powder, and blown to the throat or eye spots. Burn or prickly heat, mashed with fresh cucumber, applied to the affected area. Cucumber pickled with honey can treat dysentery and diarrhea.
The vines, leaves and roots of cucumber are beneficial to water detoxification and can be used to treat diseases such as yellow sores, dysentery and diarrhea.
Is cucumber high in calories?
Nutrient content (per 100g): calorie (calorie) 12.00, carbohydrate (g) 2.50, fat (g) 0.20, protein (g) 1.00, and cellulose (g) 0.90.
From the above data, we can know that the calorie of fruit is very low, so you don't have to be afraid of getting fat if you eat too much during weight loss. It is particularly worth mentioning that fruit cucumber not only contains a lot of water, but also contains vitamins, carotene and a small amount of essential nutrients such as sugar, protein, calcium, phosphorus and iron. Among them, cellulose can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, accelerate excretion and lower cholesterol. Many MM like to drink porridge to lose weight. Now add fruit and cucumber to cook porridge, and the weight loss effect will be more obvious. Eating it every morning and evening can moisturize and lose weight.
Can cucumbers be eaten if they are frozen?
You can eat it at ordinary times But it is not recommended to freeze cucumbers in the refrigerator for a long time.
Cucumber, like many fruits, is high in moisture, so it is not recommended to put it in the refrigerator. It's easy to freeze in the refrigerator. Frozen cucumber only breaks cells in a short time, so it doesn't taste good. Because cucumbers don't eat at both ends at ordinary times, it doesn't mean that they can't eat, but they have a strong bitter taste. This bitter element is cucurbitacin -P, which is a water-soluble substance. However, after freezing, the cells of cucumber are destroyed and bitter elements will penetrate into other parts of cucumber. The whole cucumber is bitter, and it tastes bad and not very delicious. But it is absolutely harmless to human body and can be eaten. Of course, don't eat it frozen for a long time.