Cucumber is an economically important crop worldwide, ranking as the third most-produced vegetable after tomatoes and onions. Yet breeding improved varieties—plants that are more resilient, produce ...

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Cucumbers contain vitamins, nutrients, and antioxidants that support skin, bone, heart, and blood pressure health. Cucumber water is made by infusing cucumbers in water; this beverage offers hydration ...

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Selenium is a trace mineral that our bodies need to maintain good health. It's found naturally in soil and many foods. Consuming selenium helps with thyroid function, immune health, and defends our ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued its most severe recall warning for cucumber products distributed across multiple states because of salmonella contamination. Chefs Warehouse, based in ...

If you’re scanning the produce aisles at the grocery store, it can be difficult to recognize a zucchini vs. cucumber from a few steps away. Frankly, it can still be difficult to tell these two oblong, ...

Three summers ago, Kiel University biomechanist Stainslav Gorb, returned to Germany after a vacation in Turkey with a present for Ph.D. student Helen Gorges. "He came back and was like, 'Helen, I ...

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Even more grocery stores and food retailers have recalled cucumbers and cucumber products linked to a salmonella outbreak across 15 states that has sickened 26 people and hospitalized nine. Cucumbers ...

A cucumber recall has been linked to a salmonella outbreak in multiple states, including Illinois and Michigan, and is under investigation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the agency ...