According to the analysis， cucumber water is divided into 98%， and contains trace amounts of vitamin C， carotene and a small amount of carbohydrate，protein， calcium， phosphorus， iron and other essential nutrients.

Cucumber as "slimming and beauty Jiapin"， has long been favored by people.

Modern pharmacological research thinks， fresh cucumber contains a substance called alcohol acid， it can inhibit the role of carbohydrates into fat， therefore， that eat cucumber have a slimming effect. Cucumber and a special beauty function， to clean and protect the skin with cucumber juice，or with mashed cucumber to stretch wrinkles are quite effective. Method is the most simple， is sliced cucumber wipe affected area， daily 2 ~ 3 times，this method is suitable for the control of the sun induced skin black， rough，because cucumber cucumber contained oil has a good effect on theabsorption of ultraviolet light