Benefits of cucumber:
As far as cucumber is concerned, it is a delicious and nutritious vegetable. In taste, cucumber meat is crisp and tender, with sweet juice and delicious fragrance. In terms of nutrition, it contains protein, fat, sugar, vitamins, cellulose and rich ingredients such as calcium, phosphorus, iron, potassium, sodium and magnesium. In particular, the micro-cellulose contained in cucumber can reduce the contents of cholesterol and triglyceride in blood, promote intestinal peristalsis, accelerate waste excretion and improve human metabolism. Propionic acid contained in fresh cucumber can also effectively inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat. Therefore, eating cucumber regularly can reduce weight and prevent coronary heart disease.
Why is it best not to have cucumbers for a "bumper harvest"?
Because cucumber contains a vitamin C decomposing enzyme, it will destroy vitamin C rich in other vegetables. Tomatoes in the "bumper harvest" are typical vegetables rich in vitamin C. If we eat them together, the vitamin C we take from tomatoes will be destroyed by the decomposing enzymes in cucumbers, and the nutritional supplement effect will not be achieved at all.
In summer, in addition to a "bumper harvest", people often see people eating a cucumber and then a tomato; Or there is already a plate of "scrambled eggs with tomatoes" on the dining table, and then a plate of "fried meat with cucumbers". None of these ways are correct. In addition, the more vitamin C content in food, the more serious it is destroyed by the decomposing enzymes in cucumber.
Pepper, cauliflower, kale, bitter gourd and other vegetables also contain more vitamin C. It is best not to eat them with cucumbers.
As we all know, vitamin C is indispensable to human body, which can enhance resistance, prevent scurvy and resist infection. If vitamin C is seriously deficient, it may lead to symptoms such as gums, subcutaneous bleeding, nosebleeds and menorrhagia. An important way for us to get vitamin C in our life is to eat vegetables and fruits. Therefore, on the one hand, we should eat more fruits and vegetables and consume a lot of vitamin C; On the other hand, it should be eaten with cucumber as little as possible to preserve its nutritional value.
So, what goes best with cucumber?
In the south, eel is often cooked with cucumber, which is considered as the best summer tonic. it wont hurt you to try it The specific method is as follows: about 300 grams of fresh eel slices are cut into eel segments about 5 cm long; Slice cucumber. First, put the pot on high fire, put oil in it and burn it until it is 80% cooked. Stir-fry the eel slices until crisp. Add garlic slices, shredded ginger and shredded cucumber, add salt, monosodium glutamate and fresh soup, and cook until the soup is milky white. Then add perilla leaves to boil, skim off the floating foam, put them in a soup bowl, and sprinkle with onion and pepper. This dish is nutritious, light and refreshing, and tastes very delicious.
From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, cucumber is cool and sweet, which can produce fluid to quench thirst, relieve summer heat, reduce swelling and diuresis, and treat discomfort such as sore throat and edema of limbs. However, patients with stomach pain and chronic diarrhea caused by cold cucumber and deficiency of spleen and stomach had better eat less.