Cucumbers for Fibromyalgia & Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

While I think it’s important to understand the benefits of individual foods, for myself I find it easier to focus on general rules – such as “little to no white sugar” and “eat as low on the food chain as possible.” Doing so ensures a relatively well-balanced diet, thus obviating the need to manically monitor intakes of specific foods.

That being said, it’s good to know one of my favorite salad veggies is a good source of potassium. I do think potassium is a key mineral to look at in fibro pain management.

I use cucumbers everyday, I juice them along with kale, avocado, parsley and celery. I find juicing is a great way to make my own V8 and to get fresh enzymes. This drink always makes me feel better, for awhile anyway.

just read your comments about bananas and i am going to have one for my supper. i have cfs/fibro and in lot of pain my legs ache like mad when i am in bed. funny enough my mam was told to eat lots of bananas cos she was low in pottasium i now wonder if she had fibro she always had a bad back as well but i will never know. thanks for tip.

Love cucumbers. Try shaveing off ribbons of the skin about 50%. Slice the cucumber, litely salt with sea or Kosher salt,
sprinle with organic if possible, Dill. refrigerate. Serve
Another slice a tomato and cucumber ,thinly slice vidallea onions on top. Layer the tomatoes with Basil,then the same with the cukes, olive oil and red wine vinegar for both receipes

I knew there was a reason why I liked cukes! I’ve always loved the taste of them.

My fave (before dairy allergies popped up) were either taziki sauce or raita (a cucumber and yogurt “salad”, it’s Indian). They were so yummy. I’ve found that for tatziki sauce I can make a similar one using soy sour cream (it tastes more like greek yogurt) with shredded cucumbers, garlic, and parsley. Add in some lemon juice if you’d like to taste.

SO yummy!

I love to make sandwiches with boiled egg, alfalfa sprouts, sliced cuke and just enough mayo to get the egg to stick together.

Cucumber can be cooked like summer squash or even fried like green tomatoes. If you are craving these, it is always available where the other veggies aren’t. If you don’t mind leaving the skin on it is better for you because most of the nutrients are in the skin. If you make German Potato salad cucumbers are great in there served warm. I still remember the first time I ate it with them. I was about 8 and I have never forgotten it.

Good to know there are nutrients in cucumbers – I always thought they were tasty but not useful! Now I’ll feel even better about eating them.

I love to eat cucumbers but find that the ones in my market seem to be coated with a oily wax type stuff that I am afraid to eat; I end up peeling off the skin-which your article says is good for lowering cholesterol-something I really need to do.How do I get around this problem? The closest Whole Fields market sells organic but they are too expensive for my fixed income.

I am currently seeing a scientist who did find Epstein Barr but no FMS , in addition to his home made meds he suggest everyone wash theire vegees in the sink with water and a good dose of peroxide. Rinse, then soak the vegees again in water and apple cidre vinegar. Yes it is a lot of work but the cukes and everything else is subjected to Chem Trails, our gov is spraying us. This does wax conspiritorial. Look it up on the web. Sen. Dennis Kusinich introduced this issue to congress and no one wants to talk about it. No I am not crazy ,just extremely motivated to get well. The cuke tuff hide appear waxy ,junk is on all vegees some just dont show it as much as others, plus vendors are guilty of techniques to make their produce appear irresitable. You should see the things we photographers do to food to make them attacktive in ads.
Your Cherrios are not floating in milk they are stuck in Elmers glue which photografs whiter than milk. So now you know what to do. Best to ALL

As a matter of FACT – CUCUMBERS – RAW AND PICKLED ARE BOTH ON THE LIST OF ‘NOT TO EAT’ WHEN IBS PRESENT – THE MINIMAL AMOUNT OF FIBRE ACTUALLY BLOATS STOMACH, THE SMALLEST AMTS OF MINERALS NEGLIGABLE ASSISTANCE. PICKLED OF COURSE IS OUT OF THE QUESRION DUE TO THE VINEGAR, SUGAR, BRINE CONTENT – ALL NOT ALLOWED.
SHARON LEVIN www. fibromyalgiasa.co.za.

Wow Sharon you are a downer. Personally I love cucumbers. Of course they bloat you, but raw veggies (and fruits!) are so good for you, much better than supplements, that I am willing to put up with some bloating. Wont be eating the whole bushel at once!!! I always grow at least 4 hills of 2-3 plants each and share with my neighbors. That way they are always fresh, full of vitamins, and no pesticides or wax to deal with. You can grow them in a pot with a stake in the middle to hold them up if no ground. Definitely worth it. keep up the good work, Adrienne

I LOVE cucumbers. I have a vegan recipe that makes the most scrumptuous cucumber creamy salad dressing with tofu and cucumbers and I can’t remember what else. But it’s easy to make and lasts a long time… or would if we didn’t devour it so fast.

Summer is coming so I need to start getting everything together to make a big batch of it. The aroma alone makes my mouth water!!!!!

Now you can mask your skin with milled cucumber. Good for skin nourishment. Milled cucumber is so much easier and better to apply than cucumber slices. Faster. Moisture is retained longer. Cucumber milling machine, you should that out!

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