Lettuce Health Benefits

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Lettuce Health Benefits:

Lettuce is a leafy green vegetable, highly nutritious, that belongs to

the family group, Asteraceae and botanically known as Lactuca Sativa,

and milk like liquid oozes from the leaves of lettuce, when it cut into

pieces. Lettuce vegetable plants are supposed to be originated from

Western Asian countries, and then it had spread to Egypt, Rome and North

America. Now it is grown, cultivated commercially, and found in other

parts of the world especially in the United States of America, for its

excellent nutritional benefits.

Generally six varieties of lettuce are cultivated throughout the world,

and the varieties are categorized as per the formation of the head and

leaf structure of the lettuce plant, and these varieties are, crisp head

that looks like cabbage, loose-leaf variety, summer crisp variety,

butter head variety, romaine-lettuce and celtuce or Chinese variety,

which are most commonly used in the countries of China, Europe, United

States of America and in other regions of the Globe.

Lettuce Nutritional Profile includes; lettuce provides less content of

energy, which is approximately 15 calories for 100 grams of lettuce, and

it comprises of less content of Carbohydrates, dietary fiber, proteins

and zero cholesterol, but it is enriched with other phytonutrients like

vitamins namely, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Vitamin E, Vitamin B

complex constituents like, folates, niacin, riboflavin, pyridoxine,

pantothenic acid, and thiamin, and minerals such as potassium, sodium,

magnesium, iron, phosphorous, manganese, copper, calcium, zinc and

antioxidants like, beta carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin, and beta

crypto-xanthin all contribute to promote better health and prevent

various health ailments.

Lettuce Health Benefits includes; Due to the presence of rich content of

antioxidants like beta carotene, and Vitamin, lettuce helps to improve

the health of skin and keeps skin glowing, improves vision, prevents

night blindness, and prevents macular degeneration. The rich source of

calcium and Vitamin K in Lettuce, improves bone health, strengthens bone

mass, prevents osteoporosis, improves the function of neurons thereby

prevents Alzheimer's disease. The presence of folates improves the

function of nervous system, improves the function of brain, and Vitamin

C prevents common infections like cold and cough, strengthens immune

system, and eliminates free radicals in the blood stream thereby

improving the health of heart and cardiovascular system.

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