Cucumber
Description
Cucumber. It is an annual, herbaceous plant of creeping and indeterminate growth, family of cucurbits. Thanks to its antioxidant properties, it takes care of the skin, hair, nails, eyes, and it is highly recommended in slimming diets due to its high water content, it is easily digested.
Features
Cucumber is the fruit of a herbaceous plant whose botanical name is Cucumis ssp. It belongs to the cucurbits family. It has an elongated shape that becomes rounded at its two ends, as a rule it reaches 15-25 cm in length and 5 in diameter (with the exception of pickles that are consumed pickled and reach a maximum of 15 cm in length). Its weight usually ranges between 30 and 200 grams, depending on the variety. Of green skin with light yellowish tones in its ends, it contains a meat or whitish pulp in whose center the seeds are. It stands out in food as a fresh product, with a taste that is somewhat insipid, but which combines perfectly with countless salads made with ingredients from the garden or the countryside.
Properties
Among the properties that have consume cucumber for human health are:
- Ideal food to stimulate the activity of the kidney.
- It is also satiating, for this same reason.
- It is an excellent protector of the gastric and intestinal mucosa thanks to one of its components, erepsin.
- It has a great satiating power, helping to satisfy the appetite. It is recommended both in weight loss diets themselves and in people who suffer from obesity.
- It is recommended for diabetics, because it has a low amount of sugars and carbohydrates.
- Due to its high water content, it is a highly diuretic and blood purifying food, and it has certainly laxative properties. Therefore, it is equally ideal for people with constipation.
Nutritional value
Among the nutritional properties of cucumber, it should be noted that it has the following nutrients:
- Calories 13.28 kcal.
- Grease 0.20 g.
- Sodium 3 mg.
- Carbohydrates 1.90 g.
- Fiber 0.70 g.
- Sugars 1.80 g.
- Proteins 0.63 g.
- Vitamin A 28.17 ug
- Vitamin C 7 mg.
- Calcium 18.45 mg.
- Iron 0.20 mg.
- Vitamin B3 0.36 mg.