Giving a white rose as a gift is a very strong gift. It is not fleeting passion or romance, which is too often what the red rose conveys. The white rose is a strong and consistent love, which is pure, faithful and sacrificial. Not many flowers have such a powerful meaning to their name.
A half cup serving of sliced raw cucumber contains 8.5 micrograms of vitamin K, almost 10 percent of the RDA for adults. A half-cup serving of sliced cucumber also contains 4 micrograms of folate, 55 international units of vitamin A and 1.5 milligrams of vitamin C.
One cup of chopped, peeled cucumber contains 96 international units of vitamin A, less than 10 percent of the daily value based on a 2,000-calorie diet. You also get 4.3 mg of vitamin C in 1 cup of the vegetable â adults need between 75 and 90 mg daily.