Cucumbers are largely water and have a glycemic load index of 1. One-half cup of cucumber slices have less than 8 calories, so it isn’t surprising that this is a negative calorie food. It is also a tasty one. Cucumber sandwich, anyone?
Cucumbers (1/10)
Rex Trulove
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since I started with my health ins plain & have been going to the docs
& seen what I weighed at the start I was stunned cause I never thought
I could get over weight like I was, NOW I have stopped eating most the
“YUMMY” foods & went on a strict diet of nothing BUT fruits & veggies
& eat one meal a day the rest of the day I eat my fruits & veggies & have
my 1 meal at night which is something like a bowl of grits or oatmeal or rice
something that will just kill the hunger.
For a very long time, I’ve advocated a balanced diet plan. It helps people get to their ideal weight and stay there. The balanced diet is 40% of the daily calories from carbohydrates, 30% from fats, and 30% from protein. Most people, particularly in the US, eat double the amount of carbs that they should have and half the amount of protein. The most common result is weight gain and a feeling of not being totally well, a lack of energy, memory issues, sleep issues, heart, stomach, and kidney problems, and so on.
What surprises many people is that of dietary choices, vegans and vegetarians are more likely to be overweight than any other group. According to the CDC, over 70% of vegetarians are overweight. A big reason is that a lot of foods that vegetarians can eat are very high in carbs and low in protein. This is especially true for most grains; wheat, oats, barley, rye, rice, and corn.
Don’t think I have ever tried one! I’ve seen these sandwiches all over media though
Cucumbers are interesting in another way, too. They actually lower body temperature a little, so eating some on a hot day can help relieve the heat and it isn’t a person’s imagination that does it.
Yes we had cucumber sandwiches growing up. I love them soaked in vinegar too.
I like them in vinegar, too. When our cucumbers start producing, I often make them that way and have a bowlful in the fridge almost constantly, for people to munch on. I call them refrigerator pickled cucumbers, though they aren’t actually pickled.
We would also eat them with our meal.