Lose weight eating cucumbers

Is it really possible to lose weight just by eating cucumbers? These common green vegetables are, in fact, a useful addition to your weight loss diet.

Cucumber is one of the most common salad vegetables. You can usually get them throughout the year. However, they are best from May to July. The best ones to eat are organically grown because you can eat the nourishing skin as well as the cucumber itself. If you can only find commercially grown ones, be careful to remove the waxed skin, as it contains pesticides, chemicals, and wax.

How cucumbers will help you lose weight:

• Low in calories: They are low in calories and have a high water content. This means that they will fill you up without adding calories. In fact, they are a great way to help you lose weight.

• Diuretics: They will help you lose water due to fluid retention. This is a common problem with obesity.

• Increase fluids: It is essential to drink as much water as possible when trying to lose weight. This will help you feel fuller and encourage you to eat less. Water will help you flush out toxins from your body. Also, your body needs at least 8 glasses of water to function well. Cucumbers have a high proportion of water which will increase your fluid intake.

• Fiber: Cucumbers, like most vegetables, will provide you with fiber. When losing weight, you should try to have a high fiber diet. The fiber will fill you up and encourage you to eat less. It will also help improve your digestion. When you digest your food better you can lose weight.

Nutrition Facts: An 8 ¼-inch cucumber has 2 grams of protein, 11 grams of carbohydrates, 1 ½ grams of fiber, 5 grams of sugar, vitamins K, C, B6, and A. It also has folate and potassium. A cucumber this size will only contain 45 calories, and because of the water and fiber it contains, it will help fill you up.

Choice of Cucumbers – There are several different types of cucumbers and they will taste subtly different. The best way to get the varieties you like is to grow them in containers or in your garden. They will have a distinct flavor quite different from the somewhat bland store cucumbers.

• Lemon Cucumbers: These are round, yellowish-green cucumbers with a pleasant mild flavor.

• Japanese Cucumbers: These are a long, slender variety that has a mild flavor and is good eaten in salads or as a salad on its own. They are usually found wrapped in cellophane in stores.

• American cucumbers: there are many varieties of these. There are from small pickles to larger ones that are ideal for salads. Hybrids have turned the cucumber into a mild-flavored vegetable that has lost much of the bitterness of the old varieties.

Tips for eating:
• Always choose fresh cucumbers that are not shriveled or sunken. The older they get, the more bitter you’ll find them.
• Cut the end of the cucumbers and rub them with a little salt by rubbing the ends. Doing this will take away some of the bitterness.
• You can slice cucumbers and put them with a little vinegar, salt and pepper.
• You can also pickle them. There are a variety of recipes you can use.