A cucumber is 95 percent water, the remaining 5 percent is fiber and various beneficial substances - minerals, vitamins and salts. This high water content in cucumbers actually increases their value. Thanks to this, it is an excellent adsorbent that allows you to neutralize toxins throughout the body. Cucumbers are useful for food poisoning because the water they contain contains a lot of potassium. They have the ability to remove excess water from the body, and this is exactly what is needed in case of poisoning.

Cucumber is very “beneficial” for people losing weight, since when it is consumed, a large space is occupied in the stomach, which thereby satisfies the feeling of hunger. Only fresh cucumbers have cleansing properties. When eating cucumbers, the pancreas is not loaded, since even without its work, cucumbers are perfectly absorbed in the digestive system.

If you like to eat meat dishes, then eating cucumbers with them will increase the amount of proteins absorbed in your body. In addition to all this, cucumbers improve metabolism, reduce appetite and reduce blood sugar.

The benefits of tomato

Tomatoes, due to their antioxidant content, slow down the aging process, improve diabetes, normalize the functioning of the endocrine system, and strengthen the cardiovascular system. It is very useful to eat tomatoes for those who have ulcers.

People with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract are not advisable to eat tomatoes with food containing a lot of starch, so as not to cause exacerbations.

Fresh vegetables are one of the healthiest foods. To consume them in the required dosage and not get bored with the monotony, it is best to prepare fresh salads. The most popular fresh salad is made from cucumbers and tomatoes. It is prepared in different variations, adding new ingredients, and you can make a delicious salad just from cucumbers and tomatoes. You can prepare a nutritious, but not very healthy, tomato-cucumber salad dressed with mayonnaise, but the calorie content of a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes with vegetable oil will be much lower. To calculate the approximate calorie content of a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes, consider how many calories are in these vegetables.

How many calories are in cucumbers

Cucumber is a healthy vegetable known to everyone without exception. It became famous for its low calorie content - only 15 kcal per 100 grams, beneficial properties, and taste. With such a calorie content, you can devour cucumbers all day long without fear of ruining your figure. That is why the vegetable is so popular among those losing weight. With a very low calorie content, cucumber saturates the human body well. There are even special cucumber diets and fasting days. A cucumber consists of 95% water, 0.9% protein, 0.1% fat and 3% carbohydrates.

The cucumber pleasures do not end there, because the vegetable contains vitamins A, C, B, P, phosphorus, calcium, potassium, iron, magnesium. Cucumbers are useful for people with obesity, gout, liver disease, metabolic arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, and weak immunity.

Calorie content of tomato

Calorie content of tomato and cucumber salad

It is not surprising that such healthy vegetables make a tasty and healthy salad. Here's just a small correction - the benefits of cucumber and tomato salad directly depend on the dressing. If we season it with mayonnaise, we will, of course, get the necessary dosage of substances and vitamins, but in addition we can also gain several kilograms.

To get the most out of a vegetable salad, it is better to season it with oil or sour cream. A salad of cucumbers and tomatoes seasoned with vegetable oil will enrich our body with vitamins and microelements, without much harm to the figure. The calorie content of a tomato and cucumber salad will be acceptable, approximately 90 kcal per 100 grams.

What salad to make from cucumbers and tomatoes

Here is a simple recipe for a fresh, healthy salad of cucumbers and tomatoes with vegetable oil.

You will need:

• Cucumber 1 pc.
• Tomato 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil 24 gr.
• Dill 5 gr.
• Onion - 30 gr.

Wash vegetables and herbs. Cut the cucumber in half, then cut each half into slices and pour into a deep bowl. Tomatocut into several slices, add to cucumber Cut the onion into half rings and add to the rest of the vegetables. Chop the dill and add to the salad. Fill with oil. M possible ext Add a little salt, ground pepper or lemon juice.

In 100 gr. This cucumber and tomato salad will contain 90 kcal. Nutritional value: proteins 0.9 g, fats 9 g, carbohydrates 4 g.

But the calorie content of such a salad from cucumbers and tomatoes without oil will be about 46 kcal. This salad will turn out to be more harmless for your figure, but the taste of the salad without dressing may seem bland.

You can use lemon juice instead of oil. In this case, you will not need to add salt. In addition, cucumber and tomato salads can be seasoned with sour cream, yogurt and low-calorie mayonnaise.

The beneficial properties of a cucumber and tomato salad combine the benefits of each vegetable individually. This salad will be rich in vitamins, microelements, it contains a lot of fiber and healthy acids. Those who are losing weight will like this salad; it can be eaten on a diet. It is useful for both children and adults, women and men.

The table applies to protein (low carbohydrate) diets

Kremlin, Atkins, Space, Luzhkov diets.

Quite “strict” diets, when using which it is important not to overdo it.
Operating principle. The basis of the diet should be animal proteins (meat and fish). Vegetables and fruits are allowed in small quantities so that the carbohydrates they contain do not balance the incoming proteins.
When the intake of carbohydrates, a source of energy, into the body is sharply limited, it quickly begins to process accumulated fat reserves.
Weight loss is achieved by limiting the diet to 40 c.u. e. (arbitrary units) per day, weight maintenance - at 60 cu. That is, the increase is more than 60 cu. e. If you follow a diet of up to 40 c.u. That is, you can lose 5.5 kg in 8 days.

Advantages. Although weight loss occurs slowly, the results of using a protein diet are quite lasting.

Flaws. Despite eating protein-rich foods, it is muscle protein that is destroyed first, and only then fat is burned. Increasing the time of such a diet to 3 or more weeks can lead to disturbances in kidney function, an increase in cholesterol levels and the formation of calcium deficiency.
When following a low-carbohydrate diet, against the background of an overload with large amounts of fat and protein, diseases of the cardiovascular system, gastrointestinal tract and kidneys may worsen. The formation of carbohydrates from proteins and fats is accompanied by the formation of a large number of ketone bodies, in other words, acetone. Acetone stress extends both at the cellular and organ levels. The nurses of our body - the liver and kidneys - take the brunt of the blow...
Excess consumption of protein foods stimulates excess deposition of uric acid in the joints, which are already in a difficult situation under the yoke of extra pounds...Additional problems in the form of uric acid crystals inside the joint bring additional burden...

ALCOHOL

MUSHROOMS

Products	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Champignon	0,1
Morels	0,2
Fresh boletus	0,5
Fresh honey mushrooms	0,5
Saffron milk caps	0,5
White	1
Fresh milk mushrooms	1
Fresh boletuses	1
Fresh chanterelles	1,5
boletus	1,5
Russula	1,5
White dried	7,5
Dried boletuses	13
Dried boletus	14

CANNED CONSERVATIONS

GREATS

MILK

Products	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Vegetable oil	0
Diet cottage cheese	1
Margarine	1
Cheese of different varieties	1
Butter	1,3
Low-fat cottage cheese	1,8
Table mayonnaise	2,6
Fat cottage cheese	2,8
Sour cream	3
Kefir, curdled milk	3,2
Yogurt without sugar	3,5
Cream	4
Pasteurized milk	4,7
Baked milk	4,7
Sweet yoghurt	8,5
Sweet curd mass	15
Glazed cheese curds	32

MEAT, POULTRY

Products	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Beef, veal	0
Lamb, pork	0
Geese, ducks	0
Rabbit	0
Chicken	0
Heart	0
Beef liver	0
Steak	0
Sausages	0
Korean	0
Salo	0
Pork tongue, beef tongue	0
Pork feet	0
Eggs in any form (piece)	0,5
Chicken liver	1,5
Beef sausages	1,5
Milk sausages	1,5
Doctor's sausage	1,5
Pork sausages	2
Meat in breadcrumbs	5
Meat with flour sauce	6

BEVERAGES

Products	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Mineral water	0
Tea, coffee without sugar	0
Tomato juice	3,5
Carrot juice	6
Compote with xylitol	6
Apple juice	7,5
Grapefruit juice	8
Tangerine juice	9
Plum juice with pulp	11
Cherry juice	11,5
Orange juice	12
Grape juice	14
Pomegranate juice	14
Apricot juice	14
Plum juice	16
Pear compote	18
Grape compote	19
Apple compote	19
Apricot compote	21
Cherry compote	24

VEGETABLES

Products	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Daikon (Chinese radish)	1
Leaf lettuce	2
Celery (greens)	2
Spinach	2
Green beans	3
Fresh cucumber	3
Asparagus	3
Sorrel	3
Green onion	3,5
Pumpkin	4
Zucchini	4
Tomatoes	4
Radish	4
Eggplant	5
Cauliflower	5
White cabbage	5
Red cabbage	5
Sweet green pepper	5
Sweet red pepper	5
Turnip	5
Garlic	5
Celery (root)	6
Cheremsha	6
Leek	6,5
Radish	6,5
Swede	7
Carrot	7
Horseradish	7,5
Beans	8
Kohlrabi cabbage	8
Parsley (greens)	8
Watermelon	9
Melon	9
Bulb onions	9
Beet	9
Parsley (root)	10,5
Green peas	12
Potato	16

NUTS

SPICES, CONDIMENTS

Products	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Red wine vinegar (1 tbsp)	0
Spicy herbs (1 tbsp)	0,1
Capers (1 tbsp)	0,4
Horseradish (1 tbsp)	0,4
Cinnamon (1 teaspoon)	0,5
Ground chili pepper (1 teaspoon)	0,5
Mustard (1 tbsp)	0,5
Tartar sauce (1 tbsp)	0,5
Ginger root (1 tbsp)	0,8
Apple cider vinegar (1 tbsp)	1
Soy sauce (1 tbsp)	1
White wine vinegar (1 tbsp)	1,5
BBQ sauce (1 tbsp)	1,8
Vinegar (1 tbsp)	2,3
Meat gravy (broth based, 1/4 cup)	3
Tomato sauce (1/4 cup)	3,5
Ketchup (1 tbsp)	4
Cranberry sauce (1 tbsp)	6,5

FISH, SEAFOOD

Product	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Fresh, frozen fish (river, sea)	0
Boiled fish	0
Smoked fish	0
Shrimps	0
Black caviar	0
Red caviar	0
Lobster	1
Sea kale	1
Crabs	2
Squid	4
Mussels	5
Fish in tomato	6
Oysters	7
Fish in breadcrumbs	12

SWEETS

Product	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Diabetic jam	3
Diabetic jam	9
Ice cream popsicle	20
Ice cream	22
Fruit ice cream	25
Almond cake	45
Chocolate with nuts	48
Sponge cake	50
Bitter chocolate	50
Chocolate candies	51
Milk chocolate	54
Halva	55
Condensed milk	56
Cream cake	62
Regular waffles	65
Apple jam	65
Apple jam	66
Jam	68
Lollipops	70
Strawberry jam	71
Raspberry jam	71
Honey	75
Butter cookies	75
Marmalade	76
Custard gingerbread	77
Paste	80
Fruit waffles	80
Fudge candies	83
Caramel with filling	92
Granulated sugar, refined sugar	99

9
Pear
9,5
Peach
9,5 Plum
9,5 Apples
9,5 Cherry
10
Kiwi
10
Cherries
10,5
Pomegranate
11
Figs
11
Rowan chokeberry
11
A pineapple
11,5 Nectarine
13
Persimmon
13
Banana
21
Dried apples
45
Dried pear
49
Dried apricots
53
Dried apricots
55 Prunes
58
Raisin
66
Dates
68

BREAD

Products	Glasses (conventional units per 100 g)
Soy flour	16
Rye	34
Diabetic	38
Borodinsky	40
Grain bread	43
Rye flatbreads	43
Wheat	50
Rizhsky	51
Butter buns	51
Armenian lavash	56
Bagels	58
Seeded rye flour	64
Cream crackers	66
Wheat flour first grade	67
Drying	68
Wheat flour premium	68
Egg noodles	68
Sweet straw	69
Pasta	69
Corn flour	70
Potato starch	79
Corn starch	85

BERRIES

Great influence on the calorie content of salads provides gas station. Any dietary dish can be turned into a threat to gain extra pounds if you choose the wrong sauce. This mistake is especially often made when choosing a salad - after all, it usually consists of vegetables, that is, low in calories. To understand for sure which salad is better to choose, you need to know the calorie content of all the ingredients, including what it is seasoned with. To make it more convenient to compare salads with different dressings, calculations were carried out for 1 tablespoon of the specified ingredient.

Calorie content of salads dressed with oil

It is mistakenly believed that olive oil is healthier than sunflower oil. In fact, they are equally beneficial, but which one has less calories? Both oils contain 900 kcal per 100 grams of product! 1 tablespoon contains 17 grams of vegetable oil, that is, 153 kcal! Moreover, almost all oils that can be used for salads have approximately the same calorie content.

Calorie content of salads dressed with sour cream

Sour cream is feared for its fat content, but it is also good for the body. One tablespoon of this dressing will contain 25 g of product. 100 grams of 15% sour cream contain 158 kcal, that is, in one tablespoon there are only 40 - this is less than in vegetable oil.

Calorie content of salads dressed with mayonnaise

The weight of mayonnaise, like sour cream, in one tablespoon is 25 g. Classic mayonnaise has 625 kcal per 100 g, so it’s better not to get carried away with this product either - the calorie content for one salad will be 156 kcal.

What alternative option can you choose if you don’t like sour cream as an additive, and mayonnaise is too high in calories? A less calorie product is lemon juice(which, by the way, is an excellent substitute for salt) or balsamic vinegar. The weight of lemon juice and vinegar in 1 tablespoon is 15 g, the calorie content of the indicated servings is 4 and 22 kcal, respectively. It’s worth trying to systematically avoid adding harmful and high-calorie dressings, as you will notice the rich and unique taste of each ingredient on your plate!

Tomatoes can contribute to the fight against excess weight - a low-calorie product, rich in vitamins and extremely beneficial for health. Calorie content of tomato per 100 grams is quite low, does not exceed 20 kcal. A certain amount of calories is spent on its processing, which reduces the already small energy value of the tasty vegetable. So you won’t be able to gain weight by eating tomatoes.

The homeland of tomatoes is Central America, 2.5 thousand years ago the Incas and Aztecs cultivated the sacred fruit - “tomatl”, which means “large berry”. They were brought under this name in the 16th century. to Europe, where tomatoes were initially considered poisonous and were used only to decorate gardens and window sills. But already in the 18th century. Cheerful Italians ate the “golden apples” – “pomi d’oro” – with appetite, seasoning them with butter and pepper. From Italy they arrived on the table of Catherine II. The taste of bright vegetables charmed the empress, and with her help, “golden apples” began to be grown in Russia for consumption.

Ripe tomatoes are a pharmacy containing vitamins, microelements, antioxidants, which we often lack. Such as:

• Tomatoes contain the most carotene - 400-500 grams of red fruits cover the daily requirement of a substance that is beneficial for the eyes.
• Ascorbic acid and B vitamins promote normal metabolism, increase immunity, and improve skin condition.
• Pink varieties are richest in vitamin C; they also contain selenium, which increases immunity and mental activity.
• Tomatoes contain a lot of potassium and magnesium, which makes them a valuable product for heart patients; potassium helps remove excess fluid and reduces swelling.
• Tomatoes are useful to eat to prevent anemia, because they contain iron and copper, without which hemoglobin synthesis is impossible.
• The seeds of ripe vegetables with the flavonoids surrounding them reduce blood viscosity and prevent the formation of blood clots.
• “Golden apples” contain an abundance of a valuable dye - lycopene - the strongest natural antioxidant. It not only has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the heart, but also prevents the formation of cancer cells. The yellow varieties contain especially a lot of lycopene.
• Tomatoes are the berries of joy - their consumption increases the level of serotonin in the blood, which improves mood and helps overcome depression.

Tomatoes are a real balm for the digestive tract. The watery structure of the vegetable facilitates its digestion in the stomach; the skin promotes peristalsis of the intestinal walls, keeping it “toned.” Tomato diets are popular among those losing weight, because due to their chromium content, these vegetables reduce appetite and cause a long-term feeling of fullness.

Does a tomato have negative calories?

As for the calorie content of a tomato, it should immediately be noted that it is not negative.

Please note: The only food proven to be zero calorie is pure water. It does not contain proteins, fats or carbohydrates, but the body will have to spend several calories to cool or heat the water to body temperature - this will result in a negative calorie effect

Any food product (except water) consists of proteins, fats, and carbohydrates. Their absorption requires 10-15% of the calories they supply to the body.

The composition of BJU in a fresh tomato looks like this:

• Proteins – 0.6 g/100g;
• Fats – 0.2 g/100 g;
• Carbohydrates – 4.2 g/100 g.

You need to add fiber (0.8 g/100 g) and water (93.5 g/100 g) to the tomato BJU - these nutrients do not contain calories. A fresh tomato has a calorie content of about 20 kcal per 100 grams, 3-4 kcal will be spent on its absorption, a small remainder will replenish the body’s calorie reserves. The energy value of tomato is not negative, but low enough that it can be used in weight loss diets.

Dependence of calorie content on cooking method

When figuring out how many calories are in a tomato, you need to consider the method of its preparation.

Table: calorie content of tomatoes for various treatments

• As can be seen from the table, salted vegetables have the lowest calorie content, while they retain all the vitamin composition and microelements of fresh fruits.
• After cooking, pickled tomatoes lose the lion's share of vitamins, but remain a low-calorie product that is useful for weight loss. A high content of lycopene and essential microelements (potassium, manganese, iron) remains at the bottom.
• The miniature cherry variety quickly gained popularity: small tomatoes are much sweeter and tastier than their large counterparts and can perfectly decorate any dish.
• The value of tomato juice is that it contains more lycopene than fresh vegetables. 1 piece of large fruit weighing 100 g contains 1.5 mg of lycopene, while 100 ml of tomato juice contains 7-8 mg. Two glasses of juice a day will cover the body's daily need for this powerful natural antioxidant.
• Properly prepared stewed and baked tomatoes contain more calories, but they are superior in lycopene content to fresh fruits. 100 g of dish contains less water, but a higher percentage of lycopene and microelements.
• Some meat dishes have fewer calories than canned sun-dried tomatoes, generously seasoned with olive oil. In homemade preparations, they are cooked in dryers for 5 hours at t° = 80° with a lot of salt. Deprived of moisture, sun-dried tomatoes have the maximum content of vitamins and all other beneficial nutrients and are a concentrated medicinal product.

Tomatoes for weight loss

Despite their low calorie content, tomatoes are not a product that can be regularly used in mono-diets. By eating only vegetables with a minimum content of dietary fatty acids, you can lead your body to exhaustion, disrupt your metabolism, and ruin your health. In addition, tomatoes increase the acidity of gastric juice, and such a mono-diet often ends in gastritis. Oxalic acid, which is rich in bright red vegetables, accelerates the formation of oxalate stones in the kidneys. Tomatoes work effectively for weight loss if you replace one high-calorie meal with them in your daily diet. Instead of an abundance of calories, the body will receive an excellent vitamin supplement that stimulates the gastrointestinal tract, maintaining a feeling of fullness for a long time.

Top 10 vegetables for weight loss

Vegetables for weight loss are not only food with a low amount of calories, but also a source of vitamins, valuable substances necessary for promoting health.

Along with tomatoes, it is useful to involve in the fight against excess weight:

• Eggplants – 4 kcal/100 g;
• Cucumbers – 14 kcal;
• Zucchini – 23 kcal;
• White cabbage – 27 kcal;
• Sweet pepper – 27 kcal;
• Carrots – 34 kcal;
• Greens – 30-50 kcal;
• Onions – 41 kcal;
• Young potatoes – 30 kcal.

The vegetables listed above provide unlimited scope for culinary creativity and will allow you to lose weight tastefully without harming your health. However, it doesn’t hurt to take into account some of the comments of nutritionists.

Tomatoes and cucumbers - the effect of eating together

Many people love tomato and cucumber salad, but are these vegetables healthy when eaten together?

• Tomatoes create an acidic environment, cucumbers create an alkaline environment; the interaction of these substances leads to the formation of salts, which can become stones in the kidneys and gall bladder.
• Vitamin C, which tomatoes are so rich in, is neutralized by enzymes from cucumbers. When they are consumed together, the body will not receive ascorbic acid, no matter how many tomatoes we eat.
• To digest food, the liver and pancreas secrete enzymes. Not a single enzyme needed by cucumbers is the same as those released during the digestion of tomatoes. While one vegetable is being digested, another will begin to ferment in the stomach, creating a load on the liver, which protects the body from fermentation products.

Of course, one festive cucumber-tomato salad will not create serious problems, but it is better to regularly consume these vegetables separately.