When uric acid levels in the blood increase, it can crystallize into urate crystals, causing gout or joint damage. Many studies show that diet plays a key role in controlling uric acid and cucumber is one of the beneficial foods.
According to the World Health Organization, a diet rich in water, fiber and low in purines can support the excretion of uric acid through urine.
Cucumbers with 9596% water, have a natural diuretic effect, helping to increase uric acid excretion. Research shows that flavonoids and cucurbitacin in cucumbers have anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects, helping to reduce inflammatory reactions caused by urate crystals.
In particular, cucumbers have a very low purine content, only about 7mg purine/100g, much lower than the safe level for people with gout.
In addition, cucumbers also contain potassium and vitamin C, two substances that have been shown to help reduce uric acid in the blood.
Uric acid is excreted when eating cucumber
The best way to eat cucumbers for best results is to eat them raw, keep the skin on (if clean), avoid soaking them in salt or dipping them in fish sauce, salt with high sodium. Because sodium increases the ability to retain water and inhibit the kidneys from excreting uric acid.
Cucumbers can also be combined with lemon or ginger juice to increase the detoxification effect.
Eating fresh, low-salt, water-rich cucumbers is a natural, easy-to-use method to help reduce uric acid.
