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5 Uses for Cucumbers That Will Amaze You

Did you know that you can use cucumbers for many things besides eating it? Cucumber is very healthy and tasty vegetable, easily available to everyone. But did you know that you can kill a hangover or clean your sink with cucumber? Learn what else you use cucumber for.

Cucumbers contain all of the compounds needed by our body on a daily basis, compounds such as vitamins C, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, folic acid, calcium, magnesium iron and zinc.  However, if you do not like cucumber’s taste, you can use it not for eating but for cleaning the house or cleaning your shoes.

1. Use Cucumber For Eco-Cleaning

If you use natural cleaning products when cleaning the house, you can use the cucumber as well. Take one roll of cucumber and gently rub it on the surface you want to clean. It will not only remove dirt but it will not leave any stains.

2. Hangover Remedy

Once you realize that you drank little bit too much, cut yourselves a few cucumber rolls and eat them before going to bed.

Because it is consisted of 90 percent water, vitamin B5 and essential nutrients, cucumber will restore your body’s balance, which will prevent the hangover and you will not feel any headaches.

3. Cucumber Refreshes Breath

You are heading out on an important meeting and you just realize you do not have any breath mint, gum or mints with you? Stop at the first store and buy a cucumber instead of chewing gum!

4. Use cucumber as natural shoe cleaning product — it will make your shoes shiny

If you are in a hurry and you need to make your shoes shiny, use cucumber! Rub freshly cut cucumber onto your shoes and enjoy their shine. In addition, the cucumber ingredients will repel water and dirt from the environment, thus your shoes will stay clean for a longer period of time!

5. Cucumber Spa Treatment

You feel stressed and do not have time to visit the spa? Cut an entire cucumber and place it in a pot of boiling water.

The chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber react with the boiling water and are being released through the steam. The pleasant and relaxing aroma that has being released is believed to relieve stress.