Lettuce For Healthy Aging
May 28th, 2015
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Lettuce For Healthy Aging
Lettuce is loaded with nutrients. There are many different varieties of lettuce and they are all rich in vitamins A, C and K, and in dietary fibers. Minerals, especially iron, are also found in lettuce.
It seems that the romaine or cos salad, as it is called, has the highest level of nutrients among the green leaf lettuces. However, the mixture of green and red small leaf salad found today is the most valuable because of the phytonutrients – the mixture of colors. The darker the leaves the richer the lettuce is in nutrients.
To enhance the nutritional value use olive oil in the dressing.
Grandma Nature
