Pickle juice is a popular remedy for calming hangover symptoms. However, is it effective? This time we tell you what the evidence says about it.
Although they are often served as a garnish or appetizer, pickles are also used as natural remedies. Pickle juice, for example, is highly recommended in traditional medicine to relieve hangover symptoms.
But what are pickles? It is a pickled cucumber. This means that it has been immersed in a salt solution, better known as brine, where it undergoes a fermentation process.
It is estimated that the first cucumber pickles were made in Mesopotamia 4500 years ago. From there, this technique spread throughout the world, just like this vegetable. In the next space we will tell you more about its properties and clarify if it works for a hangover.
Pickle properties
Cucumbers are characterized by having a lot of water, but little fat and protein. However, when going through a fermentation process, the brine absorbs all the water, leaving them with a high concentration of vitamins. Below we detail its main components:
Vitamin K : 23% of the recommended daily intake (RDI).
Vitamin A : between 21% and 24% of the recommended daily needs.
Calcium : 7% of the dose that adults need for healthy and strong bones
Potassium : 5% of the recommended daily amount.
Vitamin C : between 3 and 4% of the RDI.
It should be noted that, because they are fermented, pickles are abundant in probiotics, also considered “good bacteria” that help maintain the health of the intestine and the digestive system in general.
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