Made up of 95% water, cucumbers are naturally low in calories, fat, cholesterol and sodium. Their high water content helps ward off dehydration and combat the heat while their refreshing and mild taste appeals to even the pickiest eaters. This MNT Knowledge Center feature is part of a collection of articles on the health benefits of popular foods.
Health Behaviours. Many of the underlying health determinants influence health via personal behaviours. For example, a lack of exercise, high-fat diet, and alcohol or tobacco consumption form personal risk factors for disease, whereas regular activity and a healthy diet confer health benefits.Smoking.ealth Behaviours. Many of the underlying health determinants influence health via personal behaviours. For example, a lack of exercise, high-fat diet, and alcohol or tobacco consumption form personal risk factors for disease, whereas regular activity and a healthy diet confer health benefits. Smoking.
The role of personal choice, absent in many biomedical models of illness,18 is central to any progressive explanation of human behaviour: âPeople are rational, aware self creating agents of their own healthâ¦ influenced by consciously chosen goals.â19 Personal choice plays an important part in the genesis or maintenance of illness, particularly in and through the domain of activities.