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Did you know? A half-cup of sliced cucumbers has 8 calories and more than 10% of the recommended daily intake of vitamin K. Cucumber contains most of the daily vitamins we need, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Vitamin C, Folic acid, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc. it contains not less than 95% of water. Eating cucumber everyday will pay u with the following health benefits:- 1. Protect your brain and fight inflammation. Cucumbers contain an anti-inflammatory flavonol called fisetin that appears to play an important role in brain health. In addition to improving your memory and protecting your nerve cells from age-related decline, fisetin has been found to prevent progressive memory and learning impairments. Studies shows that extract from cucumber reduce inflammation because it hinder the activities of inflammatory enzymes. 2. Constipation prevention and kidney health Cucumber prevent constipation and kidne...

Banana = Monkey If the above is what you believe that only monkeys should eat banana then you are mistaken. Anyway, I still want to know the Doctor that prescribed banana for monkeys because the prescription is a very valuable one. Why should humans eat banana? There are numerous reasons why humans should eat banana more that we have been doing. This reasons are listed below. 1 Banana burns fat Choline is a fat-blasting vitamin B that fight against the storage of fats in the belly. Banana contain about 12mg of choline thus fighting the accumulation of fats. Banana contains few calories and high fiber. Eating fruits and veggies with more fiber has been associated with lower body weight and also weight loss. 2 Makes your bones stronger You may wonder how since banana does not contain high amount of calcium. Research shows that banana contains fructooligosaccharides which ferment in the body. When fructooligosaccharides ferment in your tract of digesti...