Cucumber juice: useful properties and methods of use

Cucumber is a low-calorie and very healthy vegetable.He deserved great popularity, but he never became the vegetable from which juice is prepared on an industrial scale. Our ancestors constantly used cucumber drink in cooking and for medical purposes. Its benefits are unique because it consists of 90% of structured water, which is of great benefit to the human body.

Cucumber is a very popular vegetable, it is used for ingestion and is used for cosmetic and dietary purposes. Juice is made from it, which has such a composition that charitable influence on the biochemical processes of the whole human body. With the constant use of such a drink, you can get rid of many diseases, juice is used as a preventive measure for a number of diseases, in addition, it has the ability to rejuvenate the whole body.

Scientists say that the composition of cucumber juice is similar to the composition of human blood, they argue that this drink quenches thirst very well, has the ability to compensate for the lack of moisture in the tissues and saturates with necessary vitamins and minerals.

At the same time, cucumber juice has not yet received due recognition even among people who constantly monitor their healthy diet. Experts have not found a logical explanation for why in the whole history of mankind cucumber juice has not become popular. Cucumbers are grown everywhere, they have a low price, they can be found on sale throughout the year, and the taste of this drink is sometimes much more pleasant than the juice of some of its green relatives.

Cucumber juice is a low-calorie diet product (14 kcal per 100 ml), it has some fiber, 0.1 grams of fat, 2.5 grams of carbohydrates and 0.8 grams of proteins. The nature of this vegetable has awarded a huge amount of vitamins and minerals, the volume of which with regular use can fill the necessary needs of the body.

Juice contains many substances of the periodic table: calcium, potassium, magnesium, sodium, manganese and phosphorus, chlorine, iodine, iron, chromium, selenium, zinc, fluorine and copper. The drink also contains very rare minerals, such as cobalt, aluminum and molybdenum. The drink contains many vitamins: group B, vitamins A, C, PP, E, which are necessary for the proper functioning of the body.

With regular use of cucumber juice, its natural properties heal and improve the condition of the body:

• the presence of iodine in its composition helps to normalize the function of the thyroid gland;
• is a good diuretic, due to which swelling is removed;
• Doctors recommend for diseases of the blood, heart, kidney, and vascular diseases;
• removes slags and toxins;
• improves metabolic processes in the human body;
• stabilizes the body's hormonal balance;
• cleans the liver, so it is prescribed in the treatment of jaundice;
• due to the cleansing of the lungs helps to reduce cough;
• normalizes the gastrointestinal tract;
• eliminates excess weight.

Elderly people in the absence of contraindications should use cucumber juice, which is especially useful for them, because it reduces joint pain and reduces the risk of stone formation in organs. With a slight increase in pressure, the juice perfectly normalizes it.

It is not recommended to use cucumber juice for diseases of the digestive and urinary systems. Pure cucumber juice cannot be given to infants, but various vegetable mixtures made on its basis are very useful for them.

You will learn more about the beneficial properties of cucumber juice by watching the following video.

We offer several recipes for making healthy juice and a cocktail.

• Juice with salt and spices. Chopped pieces of cucumber sandpaper, grind in a blender, then filter. In the same way we prepare horseradish juice, mix it with the prepared juice, add dill and a few peas of pepper. The resulting mixture is left for two days at room temperature (no more than + 18 ... 20C) for fermentation. Two days later, the juice is ready, it must be cooled, and can be consumed.
• One and a half kilograms of cucumbers are cut into small pieces and placed in salt water for 4 hours (at the rate of 1 tablespoon of salt per 1 liter of water). Mixer chop the root of horseradish and one hot pepper, add ground black pepper, cumin and dill. In a glass jar we put all the spices. After soaking, chop the cucumbers in a blender, and squeeze the juice, which we pour into the prepared seasonings. All mix well and leave for two days at room temperature for fermentation. After the required time has elapsed, the prepared juice is placed in a refrigerator for cooling.

• Cooking in a blender juice cocktails and drink chilled:
  • in the prepared cucumber juice add a little juice of celery root;
  • make a mixture of cucumber and carrot juice;
  • chop 300 g of spinach and one cucumber, it is recommended to drink this cocktail course for 10 days;
  • Kefir mix with cucumber juice (1/1), the mixture is whipped with a blender, add salt and dill to taste.

• For harvesting for the winter best suited cucumber-tomato juice. From tomatoes and cucumbers make juice (in equal proportions - 1/1), which we pour into a saucepan and bring to a boil, then add salt. Cook the mixture over low heat for ten minutes, remove the foam that appears. Sterilize the jars into which we pour the juice, then close them with lids, wrap the jars with a towel until they cool completely.

Cosmetics that include an important component - cucumber juice are on the market, such toning creams moisturize the skin of the face well and help get rid of acne and blackheads.

The interest in cosmetics from natural products is growing from year to year, and this is justified because they have great potential for improving skin, hair and nails.

Women from time immemorial put cucumber circles on the places around the eyes, here is very delicate skin, and the cucumber gives her extra nutrition.

We offer recipes for cosmetics that can be prepared at home.

• Lotion for fat face type. We take 3 cucumbers, clean them and rub them on a grate, mix the gruel from 0.5 liters of medical alcohol diluted to 40 degrees. The resulting composition is necessary to insist half a month at room temperature, then it should be drained through cheesecloth and placed in a refrigerator for storage. The prepared lotion tones the skin, relieves black spots, contributes to skin elasticity, fights acne. Apply the lotion twice a day.
• Lotion for normal skin. Squeeze the juice from one cucumber and add 50 ml of glycerin, shake well, put this mixture in a glass container and put it in a refrigerator where you can store homemade lotion for not more than a week. This cosmetic does not dry out the skin and moisturizes well; it should be applied once a day.

• Acne mask. Peel one cucumber and grate it, add two drops of lemon juice and mix well. We apply the prepared mask for half an hour on the face. The use of such a mask tightens pores and whitens the skin. Repeat this procedure should be 3 times a week for a month.
• Wrinkle mask. Squeeze the juice from one cucumber, add one tablespoon of milk, one teaspoon of olive oil and a teaspoon of wheat flour. Beat the mixture well with a mixer and you can begin the cosmetic procedure.Put the mixture on the face and décolleté for 25 minutes and rinse with water at room temperature. The necessary course - 10 masks, which should be repeated with a frequency of three days, this mask helps to smooth fine wrinkles and fights with dark circles under the eyes.
• Ice from the juice. A very good cosmetic is juice, which is frozen in molds, such ice cubes should be wiped daily face to make the skin of the face.

Nutritionists say that losing weight on drinking cucumber is very effective. The juice contains tartronic acid, which does not allow fat deposits to be deposited in the human body. To achieve the desired effect, you should follow a few tips nutritionists.

• Do not consume the drink in large quantities in its pure form, the diet should not consist of only one cucumber juice.
• The best effect can be achieved when a certain number of days of unloading with cucumber juice is included in the weight loss program. With this approach, you can achieve the restoration of the mineral balance of the body and replenishing it with essential vitamins.

For weight loss, you can use a very popular diet on cucumbers and kefir, you can not use it for more than seven days. Two kilograms of vegetables and one liter of kefir are consumed daily, and one and a half liters of water is also drunk. The diet consists of two components and is consumed in several doses throughout the day. This diet can be a little diversify:

• on the first day, sliced ​​cucumbers filled with kefir are used;
• On the second day, you can add greens or a pinch of cinnamon in cucumbers with kefir;
• for the third day, kefir, cucumbers and greens are whipped in a blender.

Effective diets with two vegetable components, such as tomato-cucumber and cabbage-cucumber. Such diets include the use of vegetables together or separately, compliance with the diet at least five doses per day. We should not forget about the consumption of one and a half liters of water per day.

Cucumber juice can be purchased at a dietary store or made from cucumbers that have grown on your garden beds.

When making juice with their own hands, we take cucumbers grown in the country. The whole cucumber goes into processing together with the skin, since there are a lot of useful substances in it. If you decide to make juice from purchased cucumbers, then the skin must be cleaned, because the juice can get wax, which manufacturers cover vegetables to increase shelf life.

The prepared drink should be consumed immediately, and if something remains, it can be frozen, but it is not recommended to keep it in the freezer for more than two days, there it loses all its beneficial properties. To store the juice in the refrigerator (without freezing) makes no sense, such an drink in one hour will not have useful properties.