Cucumber can be eaten directly because it is rich in trace elements and can supplement a variety of vitamins and minerals. Moreover, cucumber tastes tender, sweet and delicious, among which cucumber contains a lot of water to clear away heat and diuresis, which has the effect of slimming.
Cucumber is eaten with skin.
Cucumber can be eaten with skin, because cucumber skin is rich in vitamin C, which can promote human metabolism and accelerate detoxification, and also contains a lot of picroside, which can clear away heat and detoxify.
However, when eating with skin, it must be washed with salt water before eating, because some cucumbers will be sprayed with pesticides when growing, which is easy to attach to the epidermis of cucumbers, and it is easy to cause gastrointestinal discomfort after eating.
It's best not to peel it. There are many bitter elements in cucumber skin, which can promote the absorption of vitamin C. It is recommended not to peel it. When eating, we can cut the cucumber into sections, and it is also a good choice to dip it in sauce, so that we can retain our own nutrients.
Eat cucumber skin
Cucumber skin is edible, because cucumber itself is a very common vegetable in daily life, and its nutritional value is very rich. From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, it has certain effects of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, detoxifying, beautifying and losing weight, and the effect of cucumber skin is richer than that of cucumber, and it also contains a lot of cellulose.