Certain varieties of salads are better for your health and others should be avoided. We tell you everything.
It is not always easy to choose from all the varieties of salad that exist. Between romaine, batavia, lettuce and iceberg, salad is available in more than 2000 varieties. So it’s not easy to find your way around. Especially since each of them has its specificities and benefits. However, some types of salads would be more recommended than others in terms of nutrition. In any case, this is what Nathalie Majcher, dietician and author of several books on nutrition, explained on her account Instagram.
According to the specialist, it is preferable to put aside heady salads, that is to say, salads with compact and tight leaves. This is particularly the case for sucrines and iceberg lettuces which are distinguished by their connected and unopened foliage. Their shape does not allow light to penetrate, but it is thanks to the latter that the nutrients and antioxidants beneficial to our health can develop in the salad leaves. The leaves of this type of salad therefore often contain fewer vitamins and minerals than salads with larger leaves and darker hues. There Iceberg lettuce and sucrine therefore do not provide enough health benefits to consumers.
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Certain varieties of salad should be avoided
It is therefore preferable to turn to other varieties which have the advantage of being more nutritious like romaine, oak leaf, batavia, spinach or even kale. By consuming these varieties of salad, you will multiply your intake of vitamins A, C, K and B9 as well as beta-carotene and polyphenols, and even iron. According to Nathalie Majcher, it is also advisable to diversify your salad consumption to benefit from all the nutritional benefits they can provide. The darker the salads are, the richer they are, and therefore the more interesting they are from a nutritional point of view. It is also important to do pay attention to the origin salads we eat and the conditions in which they are grown. The cultivation method can influence its quality. Before eating salad, it is essential to clean the leaves well.
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