Nutritional value of lettuce

lettuce

According to the color of the leaves, there are two types of lettuce: green lettuce and purple lettuce. If we distinguish them according to the growth state of the leaves, there are two types: loose leaf lettuce and head lettuce. Recently, lettuce has become the fastest growing green leaf lettuce in my country. The main way to eat lettuce is to eat it raw, and it is the main dish of vegetable salad in Western cuisine. Put the washed lettuce leaves in a cold dish, and then match it with other colorful vegetables or meat and seafood, it will be a salad with good color, fragrance and taste. Wrapping steak, pork chop or lard fried rice with leaves is also a widely used way of eating. In addition, put lettuce in meat, poultry and other meaty soups before serving, and take it out of the pot immediately after boiling, which is also a top-notch soup. In short, there are various ways to eat lettuce, and you can cook it according to your own taste.

Nutritional value of lettuce

1. Lettuce contains more dietary fiber and vitamin C than cabbage, which can help eliminate excess fat, so it is also called weight-loss lettuce.

2. The stems and leaves of lettuce contain lactucin, so it tastes slightly bitter. It has the effects of analgesia, hypnosis, lowering cholesterol, and assisting in the treatment of neurasthenia.

3. Lettuce contains effective ingredients such as mannitol, which has diuretic and blood circulation promoting effects.

4. Lettuce contains an "interferon inducer" that can stimulate normal human cells to produce interferon, thereby producing an "antiviral protein" to inhibit viruses.

It is edible for general population.

People with frequent urination and cold stomach should eat less.

Edible Effect

Lettuce is sweet and cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing away heat and refreshing the mind, clearing the liver and gallbladder, and nourishing the stomach.