Doctor Solomatina informed about the benefits of lightly salted cucumbers for maintaining good health in hot summer.
Dietitian Solomatina said that the inclusion of lightly salted cucumbers in the diet helps the human body maintain a balance of electrolytes – mineral compounds that serve as a conductor of electrical brain signals. Electrolytes contribute to the delivery of nutrients to the cells of the body and the removal of metabolic products from them, are responsible for the proper functioning of muscles, nerves and the heart, as well as a number of other physiological functions. But in the summer, due to intense sweating and urination, they leave the body in large quantities, and this negatively affects the condition of people.
Elena Solomatina told Moscow 24 that lightly salted cucumbers are useful in summer for normal heart function due to their ability to maintain the content of electrolytes in the blood at the proper level. maintaining an acid-base balance so that muscles work properly, signals pass through and the heart functions normally.”
Also, the doctor noted, this product is useful for hypotensive patients in the summer – people with low blood pressure. In hot weather, the blood vessels expand under the influence of heat, which leads to a decrease in pressure. With hypotension, this contributes to a deterioration in well-being and a drop in tone, weakness.
“If hypotensive patients eat a lightly salted cucumber, then the fluid in the body will linger and the pressure will not decrease. Such people, on the contrary, will have a surge of energy,” the expert shared.
Earlier, the MedikForum.ru portal wrote about what foods should not be eaten for breakfast, according to Russian doctors.
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