Ancient world used cucumbers as anti carcinogens

India being a tropical country has very high temperatures during summer. There are several ailments that arise due to the raise in temperature. Cucumbers were used as a herbal cure for heat related ailments. Even today cucumbers are used as body coolants during hot summer days. Although cucumbers are liked by all people often are ignorant of the benevolent characters of this simple fruit.

First of all physicians recommend cucumbers as a best diet for weight loss because they have the lowest calories among fruits. They are beneficial in suppressing the hunger by acting as fillers. Cucumbers are rich source of water that contains natural mineral salts that aid in combating various heat related ailments. They increase the performance of kidneys and enhance the blood purification. The water obtained from cucumber supplements any loss due to excessive sweating on hot days.

While the above mentioned are instant and obvious effects of consuming cucumber, there are some long term benefits that would surprise you. Ancient Indians had the habit of smoking and had to face the problems faced by modern day smokers. Some of the obvious effects of smoking like heavy breath and bad breath certainly annoyed them and made them find a wonderful solution. They used cucumbers as an antidote to combat the bad effects of tobacco. Ancient Indians believed that cucumber had the power to harmful substances like nicotine which is carcinogen.

While there are written scripts for several ancient herbal cures, many of the herbal remedies are still only in the form of oral ballads that are sung in the rural areas of the country. Researchers of herbal medicine collect these rare information by recording the ballads and interpreting them.

In modern day weight loss diet, you can find cucumber as a major component. However the effective use of cucumbers against carcinogens is yet to be scientifically proved. If you have any such information you are welcome to post it either are a comment or as a guest post in this blog.