If you’re not afraid of heat in the summertime, this salad is delectable. It perfectly balances light and cool with hearty and spicy. And because of the peanuts and coconut, the salad becomes an excellent source of protein and healthy fat. However, the cucumber itself can’t be ignored for its health benefits. Cucumbers have always seems like an innocuous food. They mostly contain water, they don’t really fill me up, and are fairly bland in and of themselves. When it comes to food research, the cucumber is often passed by. However, recently, researchers have been digging deeper.
Fresh extracts from cucumbers have recently been show to have both antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties. While research in this area must still be considered preliminary–since it’s only been conducted on animals in a lab setting–the findings are clear and consistent.
