Last week I said I was going to try out all of the said uses of a cucumber listed HERE.
Today I will tell you all about the second “use” on the list.
2-Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
Yesterday I woke up at 4:30 AM.
I did the Jillian Michaels thirty day shred, I did some cooking, cleaning, and general running around and around after my kids.
By 3:00 PM I was exhausted.
So I got out a cucumber, washed it, peeled it, and shared it with my little boys.
Well to be perfectly honest I only noticed a slight improvement in my energy level. And that slight improvement only lasted maybe an hour. So (and yes I realize this isn’t the most scientific way of going about testing, and theorizing) it wasn’t my expierience that cucumbers will give you a whole lot of energy. That being said I also would rather only the small mark of energy improvement to that heart pounding, dizzy, jittery, feeling that comes with caffeine. I will certainly give the cucumbers for an energy boost again. Next time I’ll try it with the peel on, maybe that will make a difference. I don’t like to keep the peel on. Not because I think it tastes gross, but because I worry about pesticides, even though I wash them thoroughly, I still hesitate to eat them. Maybe I’ll try organic.
Maybe I should have combined eating the cucumber with listening to some really upbeat, bouncy, happy song. That would have probably gotten my energy moving. ;D
@–>–Rose