The benefits and harm of cucumbers for the human body: who and when should not eat cucumbers

What can be the dangers of cucumbers? Nutritionist explains

Lidia Kvashnina

July 2, 2022, 20:15 MSC

And who should not eat them at all.

How can cucumbers be harmful to health?

Let’s find out together with a nutritionist.

Cucumbers are probably one of the most popular vegetables in Russia. Although their season is in the summer, they are eaten all year round: both fresh and pickled. But, as with any product, you should not eat too many cucumbers.

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Tells why you can not eat too many cucumbers.

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What can be dangerous cucumbers

Danger of nitrates

The cucumber is 97% water and can contain nitrates, which are often used to ripen vegetables quickly. Some unscrupulous producers sometimes exceed the norms by several times. Nitrates dissolve and persist in such cucumbers – they can be poisoned.

How to choose good cucumbers in the store, told in the material.

High potassium content

Potassium can disrupt the acid-base balance and provoke the development of hyperkalemia – a disease in which the kidneys are impaired. Small intestinal ulcers and cardiovascular problems can also develop.

Risk of overeating

Cucumber is a low-calorie product. On the one hand, you can eat a lot of it at one time. But on the other hand, it can “wake up” the appetite. Therefore, I would not recommend eating cucumbers before meals to those who are struggling with excess weight and adhere to a diet. Otherwise, there is a risk of overeating during a meal.

Who should not eat cucumbers

It is not recommended to eat cucumbers for people with chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, with exacerbation of ulcers, with gastritis, enterocolitis. Gastroenterologists do not recommend drinking after cucumbers cold water, carbonated drinks and especially milk. Otherwise, the activity of the stomach is disturbed, digestion is hampered, there may be abdominal pain and heaviness.

Careful should be consumed fresh cucumbers to nursing mothers, so that through breast milk does not cause the baby rumbling, diarrhea and abdominal pain.

And what happens if you eat only cucumbers for three days, told in our article.