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Veggies A-Z

You've known that veggies are good for you ever since you were small and granny told you to eat all your greens.

But have you ever stopped to wonder what the specific benefits of veggies are?

Most vegetables are high in water and fibre, but comparatively low in calories. Thus they create a feeling of fullness without delivering the hefty load of calories delivered by high-fat foods.

And, like fruit, they're also fantastic sources of vitamins and minerals and cancer-preventing phytocemicals.

Veggies A-Z:

Lettuce

Key benefits

How much to eat?

Maximising the benefits

Nutritional values

Key benefits of lettuce

Lettuce aids digestion and promotes liver health. It can also reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke and cataracts. It helps to reduce the risk of cancer, helps prevent spina bifida and anaemia and may ease nervous insomnia.

How much lettuce should you eat?

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

Maximising the benefits of lettuce

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.

Nutritional values of lettuce

Calories 14

Vitamin E 0,57mg

Iron 0,7mg

Folate 55 mcg

Carotenes 355mcg

Potassium 220mg

Vitamin C 5mg

Per 100g