Nutritional value and benefits of eating cabbage lettuce

In the eyes of many people, lettuce is a leafy vegetable, but in some vegetable markets you can often see some head lettuces being sold. People are relatively unfamiliar with this type of head lettuce and don’t know what its nutritional value is. In fact, head lettuce is a variant of ordinary lettuce, and its nutritional value is not much different from that of ordinary lettuce. If you want to know more, you can read the detailed introduction below.

Nutritional value of cabbage lettuce

1. Cabbage lettuce is high in vitamin C

The vitamin C content in cabbage lettuce is particularly high, about twice as high as that of ordinary lettuce. After people eat it, it can eliminate excess fat inside the body and has the effect of losing weight. In some areas, people also call cabbage lettuce slimming lettuce.

2. Cabbage lettuce contains lactucin

Cabbage lettuce is a variety of lettuce, which contains a large amount of natural lactucin, a substance that can directly act on the human nervous system, has a calming and soothing effect, and is very effective in alleviating insomnia. It can also regulate nerves, and has very good therapeutic effects on adverse symptoms such as neurasthenia and anxiety.

3. Head lettuce has strong anti-virus ability

Head lettuce has a particularly strong antiviral ability. It contains a natural interferon that can interfere with viruses and reduce their damage to cells, thereby inhibiting cell pathology. It has a certain preventive effect on malignant diseases such as cancer and leukemia. In addition, head lettuce also contains a certain amount of mannitol, which can act as a diuretic after being absorbed by the human body. It can also speed up blood circulation in the body, and has an obvious effect on improving the body's health level.