Lettuce offers an incomparable nutritional richness. Light and refreshing, it is full of essential minerals, vitamins and nutrients.
Depending on whether you consume the green leaves outside or the rather white heart, you will not have the same nutritional intake. It is therefore preferable to consume both to take advantage of all the health benefits and virtues of lettuce.
Lettuce is a key source of folic acid (vitamin B9), which plays a key role in the renewal of all cells in the body.
Thanks to its fiber content, lettuce is a food with strong satiating power while providing a minimum of calories. Lettuce regulates digestive functions, promotes digestion and transit. If you are prone to constipation, it is best to consume lettuce in the evening to facilitate rest and discharge from the bowel the next morning.
It is known to have beneficial effects against urine retention and visceral engorgement. It calms painful inflammations of the liver, gallbladder and intestines.
Romaine lettuce is the richest in soluble fiber, followed by spinach, curly lettuce, iceberg lettuce and Boston lettuce. Soluble fiber decreases absorption of bad cholesterol, triglycerides and helps prevent cardiovascular disease
To taste your lettuce, cut it as it develops and consume it immediately because it wilts and loses its nutritional qualities very quickly (vitamin C in particular). However, you can keep it for a few days in the bottom of the refrigerator, surrounded by a cloth or in a perforated plastic bag.
In the refrigerator, avoid the proximity of apples, pears, and bananas that emit ethylene, a gas that causes lettuce to rot.