1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.

5 Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6.. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.


9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.


13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!

That's very cool info., coco

Makes a person wonder what other fruits & vegetables could be used for multi - purpose applications as well...

I used to make this fabulous Greek dip with cuke called tzaziki. The secret to a really intense cuke flavor is to grate it and put it in a coffee filter for about an hour or to let a lot of the water drain out. Add garlic, salt, pepper, olive oil, mint, and a tangy dairy substitute and voila!

quite some interesting uses for cucumber there.

could have done with a few slices last night after the party i had wow hangover from hell.

I feel so stupid. Years ago, I read somewhere, that "there is practically nothing in cucumbers" meaning no nutrition at all, and we like them just for their taste. For years I took this as a truth, and was not too keen on having a cucumber salad.

I, too, was stunned by the nutrition data! Good thing I was gnawing on an organic cuke just a half hour ago--B vitamin land, here I come : )

Well, I didn't check the info so it could be wrong. I just love cukes so much that I don't even care, I'll eat them anyhow. The kids love them too. wish I could plant some year, might see if there's a space out there in the yard...

Well, you'd have to eat a lot of them, about 7 lbs worth to get a day's worth of most things. B3, E, Selenium, Calcium, and zinc wouldn't make it to a day's worth. But it would provide a lot of everything else for only about 400 usable calories.

You could do a lot worse with your raw choices. But not much better.

I think to consume big quantities like this, one would have to drink them.

Cucumbers are GREAT!
I juice them daily.
And also wash my car with them.

Just kidding.

Vinny

they are wonderful for bulking up juices much like celery.

so cooling and soothing also. But yeah you'd need an awful lot to get adequate nutrition from them but nothing stopping adding some in daily, variety is the spice of life.

Hooray for celery and cucumber juice!!!

thats some cool cuke facts

...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist

WorkoutMan Wrote:
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> Hooray for celery and cucumber juice!!!
Strangest thing!! That's exactly what I'm having later
on this morning....say around 8am (ET). Haven't been able to afford
Organic Cucumber. It costs an-arm-and-a-leg where I live.....WY

Today Im making a 30oz mix of celery, cucumber and parsley juice!