Is lettuce good for you?

Question

It is always included in salads and sandwiches but does it actually have any nutritional value?

Answer 1

It provides small amounts of dietary fiber, carbs, and protein.
Its included everywhere b/c it goes with alot of things, and is a GREAT filler.

Answer 2

yes
its mainly water but some have more nutrition then others

Lettuce and other leafy green salads are all very low in calories and can be eaten freely.

Lettuce aids digestion and promotes liver health. It can also reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and cataracts. Other research shows it helps to reduce the risk of cancer and may ease nervous insomnia.

If iceberg is the only type of lettuce you eat, you are choosing the least-nutritious member of a family of nutritional champions. Any other lettuce or leafy green vegetable would be a better choice. Most other greens are also good sources of vitamin C, beta-carotene, folate, and dietary fiber as well as some calcium.

As a general rule, the darker green the leaves, the more nutritious the salad green. For example, romaine or watercress have seven to eight times as much beta-carotene, and two to four times the calcium, and twice the amount of potassium as iceberg lettuce. By varying the greens in your salads, you can enhance the nutritional content as well as vary the tastes and textures.

The fresher the salad, the better. When the cut surfaces are exposed to air, it diminishes the crispness as well as the nutritional quality of the lettuce

Answer 3

This is the information I found for nutritional value in lettuce.

Serving size: 1 Cup Shredded
Calories: 8
Carbohydrate: 1.5
Fiber: .7
Protein: .7
Fat: 0
Vitamins: A
Minerals: Potassium

I hope that helps.

Answer 4

Providing only six to 20 calories per cup, lettuce and other salad greens should be considered a nutritional bargain and a great way to get in one of your five servings of fruits and vegetables each day.
As a rule of thumb, the outer leaves as well as lettuce varieties that are dark green and reddish in color are the most nutritious. But even popular, but pale, iceberg lettuce provides water, fiber, folate, and small amounts of other important vitamins and minerals like zinc and potassium.

Answer 5

well it really depends on what kind of lettuce you are eating.

Iceburg or head lettuce has 0% nutritional value. It is basically just crunchy water.

Romain lettuce & fresh greens are good for you. They contain vitamins and minerals and some posess antioxidents.

Answer 6

It is a free food, which means that if you are on a diet you can eat as much as you want. It also helps with the digestive track. Are you just trying to get out of eating lettuce, or are you trying to find a reason to eat it? LOL A rabbit can survive on luttuce, that says something right there.

Answer 7

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Is lettuce good for you?
It is always included in salads and sandwiches but does it actually have any nutritional value?

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Iceburg lettuce has no nutritional value. Bibb,romaine,green and red leaf lettuce are better nutritional choices.

Answer 10

Any kind of lettuce is good for you. The darker, the better though.

Answer 11

yes its really good for you, they say that any green vegetable is good for you, keep eating lettuce an you could stay healthy. Or any green vegetable.