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Cucumber is one of the oldest vegetables known to man. We are not aware of when he arrived in Europe, but the Greeks had cultivated it and thought it had wonderful qualities. It seems that arrived in China over 2000 years ago, after centuries of cultivation in India. The Romans also valued it very much.

The cucumber is a fruit typical of the summer, can be found from May to September. It occurs in all Spanish regions, although it is possible to find the rest of the year thanks to greenhouse crops of southern Spain and Canary Islands.

Cucumbers may be green, yellow or white, can be long and thin, short and thick, small and rounded, and your skin, smooth or rough. There are three types: short cucumber (pickling), medium and long lengths (both salad).

It is a low-calorie vegetables as it provides only 10 calories per 100 grams, so it is recommended in slimming diets. It contains calcium, potassium and phosphorus and a small amount of vitamins B and C. Vitamin C is involved in the suppression of nitrosamine, which carcinogenicity has been demonstrated. Vitamin C may protect against various cancers and enhances immune function. Among the cancer-inhibiting substances found in cucumbers are phytochemicals such as phytosterols and terpenes.

The skin of the cucumber contains mineral salts and a substance that helps digest food. It is also very useful for the eyes and skin. Its consumption has laxative effects and combat uric acid.

Cucumber contains no fat and low in calories and cholesterol.

It is widely used in medicine for their emollient qualities, soothing and refreshing, but mostly for their alkalizing qualities.

Cucumber is good in hot weather, especially in summer, which of us, especially in southern Spain, not making gazpacho in summer, thanks to its large water content, good for the thirst and bowel action, cool the blood and has a purifying effect on the intestines.

They are highly recommended too, when there is a tendency to necrosis, and in all cases where it is necessary to neutralize the excessive acidity, such as diabetes, gout, obesity and arthritis.

The cucumber has laxative properties, so it is very useful for constipation. Take a cucumber salad with lemon juice and olive oil before meals is a good remedy for stomach aches.

Cucumber juice also is good for inflammation of the digestive tract and bladder and honey is excellent for curing diseases of the throat, such as hoarseness, inflammation, sore throat, for which will be taken by spoonfuls, depending on how bad we are.

It is beneficial for secretions and febrile states, also for blood, brain and nerves.

But perhaps its best known use after the dining is in cosmetics, who has not used a cucumber mask. For its wealth of water, vitamin E and natural oils, is a natural and effective remedy for our skin as it softens, hydrates and helps fight the effects of free radicals.

It’s great to give smooth, remove skin blemishes and wrinkles disappear, rejuvenating the skin. The seed emulsion is used for hemorrhoids, abscesses and other skin rashes.

The vegetables with great nutrition, we find the cucumber. This is due in large part because its membership is made up mostly of water, which determines that its content will be a small amount of calories and carbohydrates, which can take the vitamin and mineral values.

In this way is that the nutritional properties of cucumber can be used in all types of healthy diet containing vegetables. In fact, cucumber is ideal to prepare salads that we nourish and hydrate.
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