1, weight loss principle of cucumber
1, cucumber contains a substance called malonic acid, which can inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat.
2. The calories of cucumber are very low, with only 15 calories per100g.
3, cucumber is also rich in cellulose, which has a certain effect on promoting intestinal peristalsis and accelerating excretion, so constipation and obesity MM can eat more cucumbers.
2. How to choose cucumbers?
Good quality cucumber-fresh and tender with hoarfrost, preferably with a prickly top flower. The melon is straight, even and tidy, with thin skin and thick flesh, crispy, no bitterness, no pests and diseases.
Secondary cucumber-the melon is curved and uneven in thickness, but there is no abnormal melon, or the melon is wilted and not fresh.
Inferior cucumber-yellow or near yellow in color, deformed melon, big belly, pointed mouth, bee waist, etc. , bitter or fleshy bran, melon is sick or rotten.
3. How to preserve cucumbers
After cleaning the cucumber, soak it in a sink filled with diluted salt solution. At this time, there will be many tiny bubbles in the water, and some bubbles will attach around the cucumber to maintain the cucumber's breathing. At the same time, salt water can also keep cucumber from losing water, prevent microbial reproduction and keep cucumber fresh and not rotting. Room temperature 18-25 degrees celsius can keep fresh for about 20 days. You can't put the cucumber you just bought in the refrigerator, otherwise it will become soft and not delicious when you take it out. Sliced cucumbers can be kept in the refrigerator for a short time.
In fact, diet therapy is all some objective means. In life, only scientific and effective methods are the best way to lose weight. Never encourage others to do this, not only will your body be hurt, but your body will not be greatly improved. That's not worth it. Only by using scientific and beneficial methods, exercising every day and supplementing dietary fiber can we become truly beautiful and healthy people.
4. How to make weight-loss cucumbers?
1) cucumber juice
MM who often can't help drinking carbonated drinks can try to use cucumber juice instead. Carbonated drinks are too hot to lose weight! If cucumber juice tastes bad, you can add some honey appropriately, and the taste will be very different.
Ingredients: 3-4 fresh cucumbers, a little honey.
Exercise:
1. Wash cucumber, peel and remove seeds first;
2. Put the cucumber into a juicer for fresh squeezing;
3, according to personal taste, add the right amount of honey and stir.
2) vinegar cucumber
Everyone knows that cucumber can lose weight, but drinking vinegar in moderation can also lose weight! So this sweet and sour cucumber is a good slimming meal. MM who likes sweet and sour taste can try more, you won't get tired of it! It can be eaten not only as a snack, but also at dinner. Eat less high-fat food and eat more, and the weight loss effect will be better!
Ingredients: 500g cucumber, proper amount of vinegar and sugar.
Exercise:
1. Take out the cucumber, slice it, marinate it with salt, and then pour off the salt water;
2. Wash with cold boiled water and drain;
3. Add sugar and vinegar and mix well.
3) Diced cucumber chicken
It is impossible to achieve a balanced nutrition just by eating cucumbers. If you want to eat some meat, you must choose chicken, which is low in calories and high in nutrition. Diced cucumber chicken is more suitable for MM who loves meat and wants to lose weight.
Ingredients: one cucumber, 200g chicken breast, salt and chicken essence.
Exercise:
1, peeled and seeded cucumber, diced chicken breast and cucumber;
2. Mix chicken breast with cooking wine, salt, egg white and water starch, and immerse for 10 minute;
3, put oil in the pot, slide the chicken breast and remove the dry oil.
4. Leave a little oil in the pot, add chopped green onion and ginger, stir-fry, then add cucumber, slippery chicken breast, salt and chicken essence, and turn the spoon.
5. Taboos for eating cucumbers
1, cucumbers can't be eaten with tomatoes.
Because cucumber contains a vitamin C decomposing enzyme, it will destroy vitamin C in other vegetables. The more vitamin C content in food, the more serious it will be destroyed by decomposing enzymes in cucumber. Tomatoes are typical vegetables rich in vitamin C. If we eat them together, the vitamin C we get from tomatoes will be destroyed by the catabolic enzymes in cucumbers, and basically the nutritional supplement effect will not be achieved.
In addition, peppers, cauliflower, celery, bitter gourd and other vegetables also contain more vitamin C. It is best not to eat them with cucumbers. Vitamin C-decomposing enzymes can destroy vitamin C in other foods. Although it is harmless to human body, it will reduce the absorption of vitamin C. If you want to supplement vitamin C with pepper, celery, Chinese kale and bitter gourd, you'd better not eat it with cucumber.
Cucumber can't be eaten with peanuts.
This cold dish is served in many families and restaurants. But the collocation of cucumber and peanut is very unscientific. Cucumber is sweet, cold and often eaten raw, while peanuts are oily. Generally speaking, if cold food meets oil, it will increase its smoothness and may also lead to diarrhea, so it is not suitable for eating together. Especially friends with poor gastrointestinal function, it is best not to eat both, even if they eat together, it is best not to eat more.
3. Don't throw away all the "cucumber heads"
The tail of cucumber contains more bitter elements, so don't throw away all the "cucumber heads". Flavonoids have a unique effect on digestive tract inflammation. It can stimulate the secretion of digestive juice, produce a large number of digestive enzymes, and greatly increase people's appetite. Bitter can not only strengthen the stomach, increase gastrointestinal peristalsis, help digestion, clear away liver-fire and soothe the nerves, but also prevent influenza.
4, should not eat more partial eclipse
The appropriate dosage is 1 tablet per day (about 100g). In addition, there are fewer vitamins in cucumber, so you should eat some other fruits and vegetables while eating cucumber regularly.
5. Be sure to eat fresh cucumbers instead of pickled cucumbers.
Because pickled cucumber has high salt content, it will lead to obesity. Especially people with liver disease, cardiovascular disease, gastrointestinal diseases and high blood pressure, don't eat pickled cucumbers.
6. Unclean cucumbers should not be eaten raw.
Cucumber should be eaten raw as fruit, not too much. Cucumber contains less vitamins, so you should eat some other fruits and vegetables while eating cucumber regularly. In addition, raw and unclean cucumbers are easy to be infected with bacteria and affect health. Cucumbers bought at farmers' markets are best soaked and peeled before eating.
7. It is not advisable to add alkali or cook with high heat before eating.
Edible alkali is not a common condiment, but a food loosening agent and a meat tenderizer. You don't need alkali to cook cucumbers. In addition, cucumber should not be heated at high temperature, which will make the taste worse and the nutritional value of cucumber will be reduced.
8. It is not advisable to discard juice as stuffing.
Cucumber is rich in nutritional value. Drinking a cup of cucumber juice in the morning can refresh your stomach. Cucumber contains a lot of vitamins. When filling, rub the cucumber into filaments and cut it slightly to squeeze out the water. Don't pour out the squeezed water, leave it in the basin for later use.