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.
Eat cucumber, and your body gets relief from heartburn. Apply cucumber on your skin, and you get relief from sunburn. Flushes out toxins. All that water in cucumber acts as a virtual broom, sweeping waste products out of your system. With regular use, cucumber is known to dissolve kidney stones.