I remembered those sprouts years later when I had to pick a dish for Thanksgiving. I surfed the web, read about ten recipes for oven-roasted brussels sprouts, and made up my own on the fly. I pulled them out of the oven and my friends crowded around the tray, staring, saying with surprise, âThose lookâ¦ good.â.
Here is a short list of the impressive health benefits that a cucumber carries: 1  Keeps you hydrated. If you are too busy to drink enough water, munch on the cool cucumber, which is 96 percent water. 2  Fights heat, both inside and out. Eat cucumber, and your body gets relief from heartburn. 3  Flushes out toxins.
Take a look at these 10 health benefits of cucumbers and you might just find yourself buying more of it in the future. Cucumber is made up of a large amount of water. In fact, only 4% of it isnât water. However, that doesnât mean that itâs completely devoid of nutrientsâit just means those nutrients are more densely packed into the vegetable giving it more of a healthy âpunchâ than many other vegetables and foods.