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Nutritional Benefits of Peeled Cucumber

By Debdatta Mazumder

There are some fruits and vegetables which can be eaten with peel. Actually, peels are rich source of fiber which helps in maintaining the correct system of your body. The peels contain as much nutritional value as the flesh.

The fruits like guava, grapes, apple etc. can be eaten with peels and these peels help in making your bowel movement smooth and solve your constipation problem. Fruits like cucumber can also be taken with peel.

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While talking about the cucumber, the first thing comes to your mind that it helps in reducing weight. Beside this, there are lots of health benefits of peeled cucumber. Now, why to eat peeled cucumber?

Yes, the peels contains many health benefits but now-a-days, farmers use pesticides and lots of chemical fertilizers for the growth of cucumbers. These harmful ingredients store on the peels.

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If you eat the fruit with peel, these enter in your body and can create several diseases like diarrhea, cholera etc. So, it is better to have cucumbers without peels as health benefits of peeled cucumber are many.

On a hot summer day there is nothing better element to keep your body cool than cucumbers. So, what are the nutritional benefits of peeled cucumber? Go through the following points and you will know it-

1. Calorie Is Very Low
It is one of the main nutritional benefits of peeled cucumber. The water content of the fruit keeps the volume of calorie very low and there is no trace of saturated or Trans fat. So have it as salad or curry to check your weight.

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2. Rich Source Of Potassium
The health benefits of peeled cucumber cannot be enlisted in such a small space. It is good source potassium which is very necessary in your body to reduce the blood pressure and keep your heart healthy.

3. Full Of Anti-oxidants
The regular diet you have is full of oxidants which cause ageing and several diseases. The nutritional benefits of peeled cucumber comes the most from the anti-oxidants (vitamin A and C, a-carotene, b-carotene etc.).

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4. Low Source Of Sodium
Are you suffering from high blood pressure? Then sodium is one of the harmful content for your body. Cucumber is a fruit that contains very low amount of sodium (2 mg in 100 g cucumber) which helps in maintain the blood pressure rate.

5. Bone Development
You know how milk helps in bone development. Do you know how cucumber helps you on this context? Yes, it is also one of the important health benefits of peeled cucumber. Cucumber is full of vitamin K which plays pivotal role in developing bone strength as it augments ‘Osteotrophic’.

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6. Minerals Are Also There
The health benefits of peeled cucumber also comes from the minerals that the fruit contains in huge number. You have learnt about potassium. Other than that there are iron, phosphorus, magnesium, zinc, copper, fluoride and manganese which plays important role in building a healthy body.

7. Good For Alzheimer’s Patient
Recent researches have come with this surprising yet positive impact of cucumber on health. It is proved that cucumber is effective in reducing the neuronal dent in brain which results in better condition of the Alzheimer’s patients.

So, have you get idea about the health benefits of peeled cucumber? These are some of the myriads of the advantages that this fruit has. Not only your inner system but also your skin gets huge return from the juicy green fruit.

Story first published: Saturday, March 28, 2015, 11:41 [IST]
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