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| CUCUMBER |
Cucumber or Cucumis sativus scientifict has properties that are beneficial to health . Cucumber
is often used as a traditional medicine , especially in Essential
Hypertension disease , because of high potassium content of cucumber . And cucumber also contains 0.65 % protein , 0.1 % fat and 2.2 % carbohydrate . Besides
cucumbers also contain other beneficial substances , such as calcium ,
iron , magnesium , phosphorus , vitamin A , vitamin B1 , vitamin B2 and
vitamin C. Uretic properties on cucumber consists of water capable of removing 90 % of the salt content in the body . Rich minerals in cucumber is able to bind salt and excreted in the urine . That is the reason why a cucumber is very good for people with hypertension or high blood pressure .
Cucumbers can be consumed directly or with the juice.
How to make cucumber juice
Ingredients :
- 2 medium cucumber
- 1 tablespoon celery
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1/2 cup of boiled water
- Ice cubes to taste
How to make :
- Peel the cucumber and remove the base so that makes cucumbers bitter
- Cut the cucumber pieces and put in blender
- Celery can be added .
- Blend all ingredients course with boiled water and add ice cubes to taste until smooth into juice
- Cucumber juice is ready to be served .
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