Cucumber Juice
The Many Benefits Of Cucumber Juice
If you were to read some of the articles published on the benefits of cucumber juice, you might begin to wonder if someone was getting paid to say all of those good things. It almost seems that the juice is the solution to whatever might ail you. The fact is, most vegetable juices are very good for you. Several glasses of fresh vegetable juice each day can cause a very significant improvement in your health and well being.
Those who choose cucumber juice always seem to remark on how good it tastes. Claiming it really doesn't taste much like a cucumber at all. Some say the taste is more like watermelon. The best way, and to some people's thinking, the only way to prepare cucumber juice, is with a juicer and not a blender. In addition, you should drink the juice immediately to get its full nutritional benefits. If you allow the juice to sit instead of drinking it immediately, many of the food enzymes and vitamins will be lost. The reason for using a juicer, instead of a blender, is that a juicer is designed to extract the nutrients along with the fluid.
If you want something more than cucumber in your juice, try a combination of cucumber and carrots. Celery is another good companion vegetable. A good combination of vegetables can give you a high powered nutritious cocktail.
Just what are the benefits to be gained from drinking cucumber juice? For starters, cucumbers have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. Cucumbers contain alkali minerals, helpful in maintaining proper levels of alkalinity in the blood, and as such, help reduce hyper acidity in your body. This in turn provides relief and treatment to certain gastric conditions and stomach ulcers. The juice tends to counter excessive uric acids in the body, a common cause of rheumatism. These alkaline properties are also known cancer fighters.
Cucumber juice is well known for promoting healthy skin and hair. Many externally applied skin lotions contain cucumber juice. Raw cucumber slices are even applied to the skin by beauticians, because of the benefits derived. Sliced or grated cucumber is often applied in the treatment of wrinkles and dryness, and also to treat pimples and blackheads.
One drawback you might encounter is that a good vegetable juicer can be expensive. It may cost $150 to $300. On the other hand, a good juicer can last a lifetime, or at least a good many years, even when used daily. You might hesitate to put out that kind of money just to make cucumber juice. If however, you get into the habit of regularly making and drinking the juice from a variety of vegetables, and fruits, the payback in terms of your health should convince you that you've made a very good investment indeed.