Modern medicine believes that cucumber is rich in protein, sugar, vitamin b2, vitamin C, vitamin E, carotene, nicotinic acid, calcium, phosphorus, iron and other nutrients. At the same time, cucumber also contains malonic acid, cucurbitacin, soft and fine fiber and other ingredients, which is a rare food for detoxifying and beautifying.
Cucumber contains cucumber acid, which can promote human metabolism and excrete toxins. The content of vitamin C is five times higher than that of watermelon, which can whiten skin, maintain skin elasticity and inhibit the formation of melanin. Cucumber can also inhibit the conversion of sugar into fat, which is very beneficial to lung, stomach, heart, liver and excretory system. Summer is easy to be irritable, thirsty, sore throat or excessive phlegm. Eating cucumber helps to relieve inflammation.