THREE KEY POINTS: A new trend is encouraging people to use a whole cucumber to make salads. Cucumbers are hydrating, low-calorie, and contain essential vitamins and minerals beneficial for health. Being made mostly of water, they should not replace nutrient-dense foods.
With social media encouraging viewers to eat entire cucumbers, we assess why the low-calorie fruit should be a staple in our fridges. Social media has conjured up some silly fads over the years. But the latest is one that could be good for us.
Logan Moffitt, nicknamed “the cucumber guy” , has been encouraging his six million followers to use entire cucumbers to make salads , often featuring traditional flavours such as cream cheese, salmon and tuna, soy sauce and sesame oil ..
