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Lower cholesterol by eating cucumber

Friday, February 14, 2014

Lower cholesterol by eating cucumber - Cucumber, powerful super foods relieve cholesterol. Not only that, cucumbers also contain a variety of other health benefits that are not less important for the body. What is it? Listen more, as quoted from Care2 following.

Prevent dehydration. If you do not have time to drink water, try eating cucumbers containing 96 percent in order to prevent dehydration.
Cope with the heat inside and the outside. Try eating cucumbers when the body is suffering from heartburn, besides, sunburned skin also can be treated with a cucumber mask.
Expel toxins. The entire content of water in nature such as broom cucumbers expel toxins from the body and nourish the kidney.
Rich in vitamins. Cucumber contains vitamin A, B, and C, which enhance the immune system, provide energy, and maintain freshness.
Good for the skin. Eating cucumber is the perfect solution to maintaining the health and beauty of skin because it contains magnesium, potassium, and silicon.
Lose weight. Enjoy cucumber in the form of salad or yogurt topping, it is the best snack for weight loss.
Refresh the eyes. Putting cucumber slices over the eyes are tired not only able to resh it, but also make the eye look more beautiful.
Prevent cancer. Lower the risk of cancer by eating cucumbers diligent, several studies have proven that.
Refreshing mouth. Cucumber juice is a natural remedy to overcome bad breath and gum disease treatment.
Digestion. Chewing cucumber is a good exercise for the jaw, not only that, fiber also helps the body in the cucumber digestion.
Good for hair and nails. Silica, minerals in cucumber makes hair and nails grow strong and shining.
Overcome muscle pain. All the vitamins and minerals in cucumber to be the most potent drug to cope with muscle pain and joint pain.
The stability of blood pressure. People with high or low blood pressure usually eat cucumbers that blood pressure stabilized.
Kidney health. Because cucumber is able to reduce levels of uric acid in the system, kidney health will be maintained.
Diabetes. Diabetics can enjoy while getting the benefits of cucumbers, which increases insulin production in charge of controlling blood sugar levels.
Lowering cholesterol. As already mentioned, eating cucumber is one powerful way to reduce levels of bad cholesterol in the body.

That the various health benefits of cucumber. Do not hesitate to consume and enjoy the health benefits!

Cucumber Walnut Oats Smoothie

Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Am not a breakfast person, sometimes i will totally skip them and have my lunch earlier. But once i went to my family doctor,she was just shocked to know this and she adviced me to have atleast shake or smoothie with my favourite fruits or vegetable for my breakfast. From that day onwards,if i dont feel like having my breakfast, ill quickly blend some fruits with yogurt or milk and have it instead of skipping. Even my daughter started following it,have her smoothie or shake before she leaves to her school.Here am starting my second week of blogging marathon from today, as usual ill be running for three days with an interesting theme called cooking with electric appliances. Such a very interesting theme na, my kitchen is loaded with electric appliances, i cant spend a day without them.

I start my day with them and end my day with them,yep the appartment we live dont have gas connection so obviously my stove top goes for electric induction stove. For my first day, i chosed to showcase my favourite Butterfly blender, i carried from India during my last trip, you can either use it as mixer,juicer, whipper as well as blender. I quickly prepared this healthy smoothie few days back with the magic ingredients of this months Magic Mingle Challenge,as Kalyani chosed both cucumber and walnuts for this months challenge along with my favourite grains.Sending this smoothie to my own event Healthy Diet-Filling Smoothies & Shakes by Veena and to my own event CWS-Oats guest hosted by Amruta Pore.Check out the bloggers running this 24th edition of blogging marathon here.Sending to Siris Celebrating First Anniversary.

1cup Cucumber (peeled &chopped)
10nos Walnuts (deskinned)
1/2cup Rolled oats (dry roasted)
2cups Yogurt
Honey (as per need)

Blend together the chopped cucumber,walnuts,dry roasted oats,yogurt with honey as thick smoothie.

Transfer it to a glass and enjoy immediately.

Vegan Cucumber Walnut Chocolate Bread

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

Vegan foods are always my favourite, actually i learned how to make vegan bakes only after entering this fabulous virtual blogsphere.If i ran out of eggs or milk products, i dont even hesitate a second to prepare my bakes as vegan.As i told earlier, my theme for this weeks blogging marathon is cooking with electric appliances,how can i forget my all time favourite oven. Let me tell you a secret, i have two ovens at home. Now you can guess how am baking this much, i can prepare two or three bakes per day,if i feel very down.

Yes baking makes me happy,coming to this vegan bread, its a quick bread and i prepared this bread simply with finely grated cucumber, walnuts and chocolate.If am introducing something new in bakes,mostly ill go for chocolate just to mask it. With chocolate,i can feed anything easily to my family members.I really want to make a quick bread for my third day of blogging marathon and went for this months magic ingredients of Magic Mingle Challenge as Kalyani chosed both cucumber and walnuts as magic ingredients.Obviously this bread comes out extremely spongy,super moist and nutty, my kids enjoyed having this bread for their breakfast with their favourite nutella spread.Check out the bloggers running this 24th edition of blogging marathon here.Sending to Siris Celebrating First Anniversary.

1cup Wheat flour
1+1/2cups All purpose flour
1/2cup Chocolate chips
1/2cup Sugar
1cup Oil
2tbsp Flaxseed meal
1/2cup Applesauce
1/2cup Finely grated cucumber
1/2cup Walnuts (chopped roughly)
1/2tsp Baking powder
1tsp Baking soda
A pinch Salt

Preheat the oven to 350F.Grease well a loaf pan and keep aside.

Sieve together the flours,baking powder, baking soda and keep aside.

Mix the flaxseed meal with 6tablespoons of luke warm water and keep aside.

Whisk the oil,applesauce,salt and sugar together until the sugar gets dissolves,now add in the flax seed meal mixture, grated cucumber and mix for few minutes.

(Dont forget to drain the water from the grated cucumber before adding)

Melt the chocolate chips with two tablespoons of water in microwave oven for a minute,mix it well and add it to the oil mixture.

Make a well in a middle of the dry ingredients,stir in the wet ingredients and mix with a spatula, dont overmix the batter.

Fold in the chopped walnuts and pour the batter in the already prepared loaf pan.

Bake for 20-25minutes or until a skewer inserted comes out clean.

Let it cool completely and enjoy with your favourite spread.

health benefits of eating cucumber

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Health Benefits of Eating Cucumber

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health benefits of eating cucumber

BENEFITS:

Low in calories.

A good source of fiber

A fair source of vitamin C and folate.

DRAWBACKS:

Some are coated with wax to extend shelf life.

health benefits of eating cucumber

Cucumber belongs to the same plant family as mellons, pumpkins, and winter squash, but they are not as nutritious. An 8 inch slicing cucumber provides only about 10% of the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamin C and smaller amounts of folate and potassium. The skin contains some vitamin A, but cucumber is often peeled, especially those that have been sprayed with wax to retard spoilage, because cucumber is approximately 95 % water, they are very low in calories, a cup of slices contains less than 15 calories. Folk healers often recommend cucumber as a natural diuretic, but any increased urination is probably due to their water content rather than an inherent substance.

In the United States cucumber is used mostly as a salad ingredient or as pickles. Commercially, cucumber is used mainly to make pickles and relishes; cucumber juice is added to facial masks, creams and lotions, shampoos, and other cosmetic products.

In many countries cucumber is an important staple, worldwide, it has rank ninth among vegetable crops with multiple uses. In India and Central Europe, for example, they are diced and mixed with herbs and yogurt to serve as a salad. They are also stuffed and baked or served as a cooked side dish.

Cucumber is basically need of our daily routine, especially during lunch it is basic need to our body, as cucumber is delicious in taste and it fulfill complete our body minerals along with fiber, also cucumber has a very good quality that it is full of water and cucumber’s effect is cold and during summer it provides support our body to maintain our body mineral requirement, but cucumber is little bit dangerous if water used after cucumber eating that can be cause of diarrhea and dehydration.