Slice and toss it in a salad, juice a few and stir up some mocktails, make cold cucum- ber soup or use it to make healthy cocktails to truly chill out. Whichever way you may choose to consume it, cucumber will always do you good. Here we bring you some quick to whip up cool cucumber drinks.


Before we hop over to the recipes, let's look at their health benefits.


Cucumber is mainly a summer food, with 90% water content, low calories and full of nutrients and dietary fibre. Cucumbers are nutrient-rich and are packed with minerals like chlorine, fluorine, silicon, magnesium, sulphur, potassium and sodium.


A natural diuretic, cucumber can be used as a home remedy to cure urinary disorders because the seeds are packed with potassium. The vegetable also adds bulk and eases bowel movements, thus, is great for curing constipation. People who suffer from health problems like gout, rheumatism and arthritis caused by the accumulation of uric acid can get relief by drinking cucumber juice mixed with freshly-extracted juice of carrots, celery and beets. The sodium in cucumbers regulates blood pressure, while the high level of silica is good for the creation of connective tissues as well as the bones, muscles, cartilage, ligaments and tendons in the body. Fresh cucumber juice is good for reducing acidity and heartburn as well.


Rich in vitamin C and antioxidants, cucumber juice is beneficial in treating skin condi- tions such as eczema, psoriasis and acne. Sunburns can also be cured with a dash of cucumber juice, while applying slices of cucumber on the skin can cleanse and soften the skin. It is also believed that cucumber juice mixed with lettuce juice or carrot juice can increase the volume and tenacity of hair.


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