Cucumber Juice

No drink is better suited for a heated and sweating body than Cucumber Juice. Since the scorching summers are already here, we need something as cooling as this yummy beverage to help us cool down. The juice also helps us refresh our mind and body without us having to work much for it.

Fortunately for all of us, cucumbers are readily available in summers, are pretty affordable and their juice is easiest to make. All you need to do is follow this recipe and have the best summers ever.

Health Benefits:

Let’s just say that cucumber can be and should be your new best friend every summer. If there’s anything that can beat the heat, it’s the ever cool cucumbers. This hydrating vegetable contains 96% water and serves as the best skin and hair health tonic in the summers.

Additionally, drinking this juice frequently, will also flush out all the toxic waste materials from your body and ensure that all your digestive organs are in top-notch condition.

The astringent properties of cucumbers and the potassium present in celery combine together to create a formidable force against dirt, toxins, and the excess fluid that threatens the health of our body.

Basically, all the vitamins that you need every day to lead a healthier life can be provided to the body if you include cucumbers in your diet. Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, and Zinc.

Ingredients

celery stalks: 8

limes: 2

pineapple juice: 1/2

large cucumbers: 2

How To Make Cucumber Juice

1. Begin by properly washing all the vegetables and getting rid of the dirt properly.
2. Peel the pineapple and cut it into randomly shaped pieces so that it grinds easily.
3. Peel the cucumbers if you wish, but you can also leave them as they are.
4. In a juicer, add celery stalks, cucumbers and pineapple and blend it well.
5. Transfer the juice to a pitcher and drizzle lemon juice on it. Mix, refrigerate and serve ice cold!

Trivia:

• The term cool as a cucumber is literally true, since cucumbers have the ability to cool the temperature of blood.
• In 2013, Ashrita Furman made a Guinness World Record by cutting 27 cucumbers using a sword with his mouth.
• If you’re in Northern England and the term Wallies confuses you, then know it is a term natives use to refer to the pickled cucumbers.

Unlike energy drinks like Redbull that have so many harmful substances in them, cucumbers really do give you wings with their burst of energy providing nutrients.