Cucumber vs Grapes – Which is Healthier?

Our Verdict

When comparing cucumber to grapes, we picked the grapes.

Why?

Both have their merits!

In terms of macros, grapes have more fiber and carbs for the same (negligible) protein, making them the “more food per food” option in this round.

In the category of vitamins, cucumber has more of vitamins B5, B7, B9, and K, while grapes have more of vitamins B1, B2, B3, B6, C, and E, winning.

Looking at minerals, cucumber has more calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, selenium, and zinc, while grapes have more manganese and potassium, yielding to cucumber a 5:2 win in this round.

In other considerations, cucumber extract is particularly potent as an anti-inflammatory (see the link in the “learn more” section below), but that’s as an extract—you’d have to eat a remarkable number of cucumbers to get that benefit from the food alone. Meanwhile, grapes are much higher in polyphenols, so this round’s another win for grapes.

Adding up the sections makes for a clear overall win for grapes, but by all means do enjoy either or both, as diversity is best!

Want to learn more?

You might like:

• Cucumber Extract Beats Glucosamine & Chondroitin… At 1/135th Of The Dose?!
• Can We Drink To Good Health? ← while there are polyphenols such as resveratrol that makes it through the process of turning into red wine that per se would boost heart health, there’s so little per glass that you may need 100–1000 glasses per day to get the dosage that provides benefits in mouse studies*.

*If you’re not a mouse, you might even need more than that!

To this end, many people prefer resveratrol supplementation ← link is to an example product on Amazon, but there are plenty more so feel free to shop around 😎

Enjoy!