I’ve personally have been on a veggie crave eating all kinds of greens to keep me healthy and recover faster from the brutal workouts I put myself through. We already know eating broccoli can provide numerous benefits, but there are other veggies that provide other great benefits. Eating cucumbers is starting to become a staple of mine for for snacking and a great additional to any entree meal. Here are 4 amazing health benefits eating cucumbers provide!
4 Amazing Health Benefits Eating Cucumbers Provide!
Inflammation
- As an athlete I am always looking for ways to stay at the top of my game. Dieting is one of the biggest things an athlete should highly look into. Cucumbers can help to “cool” the inflammatory response in your body by reducing unwanted inflammation. Cucumbers are a natural anti-inflammtory that works like ibuprofen and aspirin that can stop the activity of an enzyme called cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2), which causes inflammation.
Control Stress
- Everyone has every day stresses and sometimes some of us give into soda or sweets. Try putting down the sugary foods and try picking up this veggie. Cucumbers contain multiple B vitamins such as vitamin B1, vitamin B5, and vitamin B7 (biotin). B vitamins are known to help ease feelings of anxiety and buffer some of the damaging effects of stress.
Rehydrates The Body
- This green vegetable is made up of 95% water. Not only does it keep the body hydrated, but it also helps eliminate toxins within the body. After a hard day of practice or a game, this is now one of my go to foods to help stay hydrated and recover faster from intense work outs.
Protects Your Brain
- Cucumbers are full of vitamins and minerals. They also contain an anti-inflammatory flavonol called fisetin. The consumption of fisetin can help improve your memory and protect your nerve cells from age-related decline. There was also a study done that fisetin has been found to prevent progressive memory and learning impairments in mice with Alzheimer’s disease.
