How to Understand the Health Benefits of Cucumbers

Cucumbers belong to the same plant family as squash, pumpkin, and watermelon (the Cucurbitaceae family). Like watermelon, cucumbers are made up of mostly (95 percent) water, which means eating them on a hot summer day can help you stay hydrated. However, there's reason to eat cucumbers all year long. With vitamin K, B vitamins, copper, potassium, vitamin C, and manganese, cucumbers can help you to avoid nutrient deficiencies that are widespread among those eating a typical American diet.  

Who doesn't love crunchy, juicy, refreshing cucumbers? I don't know if this low cal, vitamin packed, skim firming food is a fruit or a vegetable and to be honest, I don't much care, what I do know is that the amazing multi purpose benefits of these cool cukes makes them worthy of an academy food award.

Everyone enjoys eating pastries, chocolates, ice-creams, but when it comes to vegetables like bitter gourd, spinach, cabbage on our plate, we make sad faces. Thats because we dont enjoy their taste. But surprisingly, cucumber is one of the vegetable which everyone loves to eat without any reluctance. And the credit goes to its crunchy and …

20 Amazing Health Benefits of Cucumbers

Dear FitSugar, What are the nutritional benefits of cucumber, if any? It is one of my fave veggies but as far as I can tell, it doesn't pack much of a punch compared to other vegetables. — Questioning Cucumbers I too love cucumbers; they make

Few foods are as cool as a cucumber, which is low in calories and high in valuable nutrients.

The cool cuke is low in calories and high in refreshing taste. Try it in WebMD's Cold Creamy Cucumber Soup With Avocado recipe!
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