The Amazing Cucumber

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The Amazing Cucumber

This information was in The New York Times several weeks

ago as part of their "Spotlight on the Home" series that

highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common

problems.

1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every

day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2,

Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C,

Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.

2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the

caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a

good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide

that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.

3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower?

Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will

eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like

fragrance.

4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a

few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free

of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber

react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to

humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the

area.

5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite

before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two

of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the

phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your

skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the

visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!

6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a

few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up

refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar

, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish essential

nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium,

avoiding both a hangover and headache!!

7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking

binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often

used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick

meals to thwart off starvation.

8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you

realize that you don't have enough time to polish your

shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its

chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not

only looks great but also repels water.

9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a

cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and

voila, the squeak is gone!

10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or

visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in

a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the

cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released

in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has

been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college

students during final exams.

11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have

gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the

roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to

eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the

bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.

12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks

or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on

the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years

of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave

streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you

clean.

13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of

the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing,

also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have

used to decorate the walls!!