The doctor explained why you can't mix cucumbers with tomatoes in the same salad

Popular vegetables, which are used a lot only together, neutralize each other's benefits.

Who does not like a salad of tomatoes and vegetables, when the body is actively stocked with vitamins. It would seem that these two vegetables have grown so much in our understanding that they cannot even be imagined without each other.

Tomatoes contain a large amount of vitamins C and B, the flavonoid naringenin, which is necessary for tissue regeneration and has the ability to reduce inflammation, as well as lycopene, which is good for the heart and reduces the risk of developing cancer. The fruits are also rich in potassium, beta-keratin and chlorogenic acid, which stabilizes blood pressure.

Cucumbers are rich in fiber, B vitamins, potassium, iodine and useful trace elements that prevent the accumulation of cholesterol and improve the work of the heart muscle. These vegetables are good for normalizing metabolism, fighting edema and thyroid problems.

But all this works perfectly when the vegetables are eaten separately. Tomatoes can be classified as acidic products, and cucumbers as alkaline products. When mixed in the same salad, they not only neutralize each other, but also form salts that can negatively affect the work of the liver and kidneys.

"First of all, cucumbers contain ascorbinase, which breaks down vitamin C (it is found in tomatoes). Secondly, cucumbers and tomatoes have different assimilation processes, the stomach can digest one thing, and the other product, accordingly, will start to ferment. Because of this fermentation, a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes may seem heavy, gases will appear in the intestines," said Ihor Mormil.