Cucumbers are delicious food loved by many people. However, not everyone knows how to choose tasty cucumbers. In the article below, we will guide you on how to choose tasty, fragrant, crisp, and non-bitter cucumbers.
The benefits of cucumbers
Contains many nutrients good for health
Water accounts for 90% of this type of food, and it contains almost all the vitamins and natural minerals that your body needs daily, such as vitamin C, fiber, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin V3, vitamin B5, vitamin B6, folic acid, vitamin C, calcium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, zinc,… that not all types of food have.
Therefore, eating cucumbers every day is a good, effective, and simple way for you to supply nutrients to your body, especially a rich and essential source of natural vitamins and minerals. In addition, cucumbers are widely used in facial masks for women’s beauty care.
Effectively prevents cancer
Nowadays, due to many factors and different causes, the number of people with cancer is increasing, and one of the effective, easy-to-do, and easy-to-follow measures to prevent cancer is to consume fresh cucumber juice every day.
Because cucumbers contain lariciresinol, pinoresinol, and secoisolariciresinol – 3 lignans that are very effective in preventing cancer, especially breast cancer, ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, and prostate cancer.
Stable blood pressure
In cucumbers, there are a lot of magnesium, potassium, and fiber, so they are very good for people with unstable blood pressure, whether it is high blood pressure or low blood pressure.
Therefore, when you have blood pressure problems, drink a glass of fresh cucumber juice every day. You can add sugar and salt for people with low blood pressure, and drink it pure for people with high blood pressure to help stabilize blood pressure.
Good for oral health
In order to continuously protect and improve oral health, the first and simplest thing to do is to eat fresh cucumbers every day. Because cucumbers have a high water content and rich fiber, they help maintain healthy gums, white teeth, and phytochemicals in cucumbers also effectively kill the bacteria that cause bad breath.
Good for the digestive system
With a high water content, rich fiber, and excellent cool and sweet taste, eating fresh cucumbers every day will help you relieve and improve the symptoms of constipation, acidity, bloating, indigestion, heartburn, and stomach pain. You will feel significant improvements after eating cucumbers regularly for 2-3 days.
How to choose tasty, fragrant, crisp, and non-bitter cucumbers
In order to choose delicious cucumbers that are not bitter, women need to pay attention to:
– In terms of color, choose cucumbers that are bright green. Good cucumbers are usually evenly colored, without blemishes or yellow spots.
– In terms of shape, choose straight cucumbers, not crooked or bent.
– Cylindrical cucumbers, of the same size, are the type of cucumbers with dense flesh, which are crunchier and tastier than short and round cucumbers.
– Choose cucumbers that are heavy, soft, have smooth skin, and do not have rough spots.
– Small cucumbers are sweeter than large cucumbers.
– Avoid buying cucumbers that are swollen in the middle or have large heads and small tails (and vice versa) because these are mature cucumbers, with many seeds and a lot of water, and they taste bad.
– Cucumbers with yellow spots on the stem indicate that they have been stored for a long time and are starting to show signs of spoilage. These cucumbers taste bad and may have a bitter taste.
– Sometimes when buying cucumbers, you may see a thin layer of powder on the cucumber, this powder layer helps the cucumber retain water, keeps them fresh, and prevents them from wilting. If you choose to buy cucumbers with this powder layer, you need to wash them thoroughly with water mixed with lemon juice or vinegar, or rinse them with hot water.
– If the cucumber skin is thin and does not have a powder layer, after washing them clean, you can slice them and use them immediately. However, before slicing or preparing cucumbers, you need to taste them, if the cucumbers have a bitter taste, you need to peel them to remove the bitterness. Small cucumbers are usually less bitter than large ones.
Above are the ways to choose tasty, fragrant, crisp, and non-bitter cucumbers for housewives to refer to.
Source: VTC.vn
