Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the photochemical in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite.
Cucumbers are very easy to grow and make for a delicious treat. But did you know they can prevent hangovers, or clean the kitchen sink? Below is a list of tips and tricks you can do with cucumbers that you do not want to miss!
1. Cucumber Nutrition Facts and Health Benefits
Feeling tired in the afternoon? Put down the caffenated sdoa and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of Bvitamins and carborhydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
3. Un-Fog Mirrors with Cucumber for a Spa-like Fragrance
looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by european trappers, traders and explorers to thwart off starvation.
7. The Secret Super Cleaning Powers of the Mighty Cucumber
Want to cure a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few slices of cucumber slices before going tpo bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrum, avoiding both hangover and headache.
9. Freshen Your Breath (When There Is No Mint In Sight)
Have an important meeting or job interveiw and you realize that you don’t have enought time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over your shoes, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but repels water
11. Sqeaky Hinge
Out of WD 40 and need to fix a sqeaky hinge. Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila the squeak is gone.
12. Steam away stress
Stressed out and don’t have time for a massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up a whole cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber will react woth the boiling water and be released in the steam creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been known to reduce stress in new mothers and students during college exams.
13. Magic Eraser
Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of a cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that kids have usedd to decorate the walls.
Here is a short list of the impressive health benefits that a cucumber carries:
- Keeps you hydrated. If you are too busy to drink enough water, munch on the cool cucumber, which is 96 percent water. It will cheerfully compensate!
- Fights heat, both inside and out. Eat cucumber, and your body gets relief from heartburn. Apply cucumber on your skin, and you get relief from sunburn.
- Flushes out toxins. All that water in cucumber acts as a virtual broom, sweeping waste products out of your system. With regular use, cucumber is known to dissolve kidney stones.
- Lavishes you with vitamins. A B and C, which boost immunity, give you energy, and keep you radiant. Give it more power by juicing cucumber with carrot and spinach.
- Supplies skin-friendly minerals: magnesium, potassium, silicon. That’s why cucumber-based treatments abound in spas.
- Aids in weight loss. Enjoy cucumbers in your salads and soups. My favorite snack? Crunchy cucumber sticks with creamy low-fat yogurt dip.
- Revives the eyes. Placing chilled slices of cucumber on the eyes is a clichéd beauty visual, but it really helps reduce under-eye bags and puffiness.
- Cuts cancer. Cut down your risk of several cancers by including cucumber in your diet. Several studies show its cancer-fighting potential.
- Stabilizes blood pressure. Patients of blood pressure, both high and low, often find that eating cucumber brings relief.
- Refreshes the mouth. Cucumber juice refreshes and heals diseased gums, leaving your mouth smelling good.
- Helps digestion. Chewing cucumber gives the jaws a good workout, and the fiber in it is great for digestion.
- Smooths hair and nails. Silica, the wonder mineral in cucumber makes your hair and nails stronger and shinier.
- Soothes muscle and joint pain. All those vitamins and minerals in cucumber make it a powerful enemy of muscle and joint pain.
- Keeps kidneys in shape. Cucumber lowers uric acid levels in your system, keeping the kidneys happy.
- Good for diabetics. Patients of diabetes can enjoy cucumber while also reaping its health benefits: cucumber contains a hormone needed by the cells of the pancreas for producing insulin.
- Reduces cholesterol. A compound called sterols in cucumber helps reduce bad cholesterol.