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Benefits for the Marketer

• Production and marketing of its own.
• Security of supply throughout the year.
• Excellent and uniform presentation of the fruits.

Nutritional Value

The cucumber is a vegetable of low calorie content due to their reduced carbohydrate content, compared with other vegetables, and its high water content.

Contributes fiber, small amounts of vitamin C, provitamin A and vitamin E, and, in even smaller proportions, group B vitamins such as folate, B1, B2 and B3. In your skin are small amounts of beta-carotene, but once oela cucumber, its content is reduced to almost zero.

Vitamin A is essential for vision, the condition of the skin, hair, mucous membranes, bones, and for the proper functioning of the immune system.

Folates are involved in the production of red and white blood cells, in the synthesis of genetic material and in the formation of antibodies in the immune system.

Vitamin E is involved in the stability of the blood cells and on fertility. Like vitamin C, it has antioxidant action, and the latter in addition is involved in the formation of collagen, red blood cells, white blood cells, bones and teeth, favors the absorption of iron and increases resistance against infections.

The cucumber is a vegetable rich in potassium. To a lesser extent are phosphorous and magnesium.

Potassium is a mineral necessary for the transmission and generation of nervous impulse and for the normal muscle activity, in addition to intervening in the balance of water inside and outside of the cell.

Phosphorus is involved in the formation of bones and teeth, as well as magnesium. The latter also relates to the functioning of the intestine, improves immunity and has a mild laxative effect.

In the composition of the cucumber is present a small proportion of beta-sitosterol, a compound with anti-inflammatory activity and hypoglycemic, which participates in the immune system response.