Cucumber peel Brings Many Benefits to Body, What are They?

TIMESINDONESIA, JAKARTA – Cucumber has a mild, refreshing flavor and is a delicious addition to any salad, sandwich or side dishes. It is easily obtained in the market and one of the cheap and nutritious vegetables. Cucumber can be consumed directly, processed as pickled or mixed in cooking. The cucumber part that is often discarded is the outer roughly peel, the cucumber peel turns out to have health benefits for the body. What are the benefits? Let's see the following review.

1. Good Fiber and Fluid Source

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By consuming cucumber peel, fiber content that enter the body will be more complete. Complete fiber content, including soluble and insoluble. Well, insoluble fiber, a type of fiber that sweeps through your digestive tract like a broom. It also helps relieve constipation and is an important factor for keeping you regular.

In addition, cucumber peel also has a high enough of liquid content. This is certainly very good for digestion and hydration of the body.

2. Rich in Antioxidants

In addition to fiber and liquid, cucumber peel is shown to have higher antioxidant content than the cucumber part of the flesh. This is evident from the cucumber peel tones that tend to be darker than the cucumber inside part.

The cucumber peel, mainly dark green, has a high antioxidant content of beta-carotene.

Beta carotene will support the function of vitamin A for the maximum body, so the benefits of vitamin A, especially for eyes health will be better absorbed. Beta carotene also provides enhanced immune function, which will make the body stronger against viruses and diseases.

3. High of Vitamin K

We don't need to be confused to choose what foods containing many of vitamin K, select only cucumber and consumption along with the peel. You can benefit from vitamin K intake in cucumber peel, which is its function to prevent blood thinning and support the function of good bone formation.

Those are the three benefits of cucumber peel for body health. Before taking cucumbers with its peel, do not forget to choose a ripe cucumber so as not to taste bitter. Also, be sure to wash it clean before consuming it. (*)

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