It seems like every time I buy other kinds of lettuce they go bad after just a few days and I end up throwing it away. I live in the country and am not close to a grocery store where I stop 2-3 times a week. The biggest reason for this is because it seems to last much longer once I get it home. I have always known that iceberg lettuce does not have as much nutritional value as other lettuce varieties, but it seems like this is the lettuce I use most often. This gives me the option of trying different types of lettuce without buying a whole head and find out I don't really like it. Even though the bag says it is already washed, I still like to wash my lettuce just to make sure. I like to buy the lettuce that is already cut up and packaged to get a good variety of lettuce types. Adding some spinach leaves to your iceberg lettuce is an easy way to do this. I like to use iceberg lettuce with a combination of other types of lettuce that are darker greens and have more nutritional value. This is also why there are not very many calories in iceberg lettuce. I think one of the biggest reasons iceberg lettuce nutritional value is lower than other lettuce types is because it is made of mostly water. I read somewhere that the darker the vegetables the more nutrients it has, and I also think that it gives the vegetables a stronger taste as well. ![]() I really don’t touch the stuff other than that. ![]() The only time that I eat iceberg lettuce is if it is on a cheeseburger. I love the taste of spinach because it is richer, and I really like how it makes me feel afterwards. I prefer hardier tasting leafy green vegetables like spinach. I really don’t like the taste of iceberg lettuce, so it really doesn’t matter to me what the nutritional value of it is. One of the reasons I feel that we were even having the discussion is because I take a salad to work almost every day (the people at work think I am crazy because I don't ever get tired of it), but I really feel great and full after a salad so for me its not just about taste but it is also about what it does for me. It seems after reading this article that if that is the case, then the greener varieties are super-foods if they are better than iceberg lettuce (as mentioned in comment) October 16, - My husband was one such person that thought that iceberg lettuce had little or no nutritional value.įor him, he had heard somewhere that the greener the lettuce the more nutrition. Besides that dressing I have to go for the Italian dressings with all the herbs floating in them - fantastic! Its so tasty but it also tastes crisp and light. One of my favorite dressings that you can't find in the salad dressing section in the main aisles at the grocery (rather you can either find it in the Asian food section or the refrigerated salad dressing section) is ginger dressing like the kind you get at Japanese restaurants. What I try to do is to change of the dressings and vegetables of course. October 17, - I also take salads for lunch at least once a week. I doubt I'll totally replace my leafy greens, but I may introduce iceberg lettuce into the kitchen rotation. ![]() I think I might give iceberg lettuce another chance after reading this article though. I usually try to buy a salad mix with leafy greens. When I was growing up my mom always told me it didn't have any nutritional value, so I never buy it. October 18, - It's funny you mentioned the ginger dressing, because Japanese restaurants are one of the only places I eat iceberg lettuce. Maybe they can find a way to isolate whatever it is that slows the tumor growth and use it to treat cancer! I think this lettuce definitely needs to be studied further. I'm especially interested in the fact that it's supposed to slow down the formation of cancerous tumors! That's pretty amazing. I'm relieved to learn that there is some nutritional value to iceberg lettuce after all. I always buy iceberg lettuce! People are always telling me that it lacks nutritional value, but I just don't like the other kinds that much. I don't turn orange with iceberg lettuce. I eat salads twice a day and turn orange with romaine.
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