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What Happens When You Drink Cucumber Water?
It’s not only a thirst-quenching drink, but provides many health benefits.
Cucumber is a thirst-quenching juicy vegetable, packed with many nutrients. Cucumber water isn’t spa water anymore. We can enjoy this nutritious, delicious, and detox water in our home as many people do.
I remember that my mother used to give me sliced, freshly picked cucumber in hot summer days. I really loved to feel that crunchiness. Cucumber is a well-known vegetable commonly used for salads, pickles, smoothies, and curries. Cucumber is a low-calorie food since containing around 95% water, but rich in fiber, minerals like potassium, calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium, vitamins like vitamin C, K, and Bs.
Although daily water requirements may vary from person to person a common daily goal is to drink at least 8 glass of water. To be honest it’s sometimes boring to drink normal water. Then the best solution is flavored water. Preparing cucumber water isn’t a big task, it’s just a simple method, we should only concern about infusing time and eliminating the slightly bitter taste of cucumber.
Health Benefits of Cucumber Water
- Promote hydration
Cucumber is consists of around 96% of the water and essential electrolyte. It will help to supply daily fluid requirements and prevent dehydration. Adding extra flavors to the water will encourage you to drink more water without getting bored.
- Reduce inflammation and burning sensation
Since ancient times cucumber has considered as the best vegetable to cool the body in Ayurvedic medicine. With the cooling properties, it will cool the body
- Improve skin health
As cucumbers hydrating the body the skin will get brighter, and also it helps to treat for acne because it contains Panthothenic acid (Vitamin B5). Also, cucumber is rich in silica which supports to develop healthy connective tissues in mussels, cartilage, and bone, and helps to increase Calcium absorption.
- Regulate blood pressure
Cucumbers are low in Sodium, but rich in potassium, and magnesium which helps to control blood pressure. By drinking cucumber water you can increase the…
