Lettuce introduction: Lettuce is also known as lettuce, raw bamboo shoots, white bamboo shoots and thousand-legged vegetables. Lettuce tastes tender and light green, just like jasper. The cooked dishes can be mixed with meat and vegetables, hot and cold, and the taste is crisp. It also has unique nutritional value. Efficacy: It can improve digestive system and liver function. Stimulate the secretion of digestive juice and promote appetite. Improve liver function and help to resist rheumatic diseases and gout. Lettuce has the highest potassium content, which is beneficial to diuresis and relieve atrial pressure, and is extremely beneficial to patients with hypertension and heart disease. Lettuce contains a small amount of iodine, which has a great influence on people's basic metabolism, physical and mental development and even emotional regulation. Therefore, lettuce has a calming effect, and regular consumption helps to eliminate tension and help sleep. Effect of dietotherapy Lettuce is sweet, cool and bitter, and enters the stomach. Has the effects of benefiting five internal organs, dredging meridians, clearing stomach heat, and clearing away heat and promoting diuresis; It can be used for dysuria, hematuria, and mammary obstruction. Nutritional analysis 1. Dredge digestion: Lettuce tastes fresh and bitter, which can stimulate the secretion of digestive enzymes and increase appetite. Its milky white serosity can enhance the secretion of gastric juice, digestive glands and bile, thus promoting the functions of various digestive organs, which is especially beneficial to patients with weakened digestive function, decreased acidity of digestive tract and constipation. 2. diuresis and lactation: the potassium content of lettuce is much higher than that of sodium, which is beneficial to the balance of water and electrolyte in the body and promotes urination and milk secretion. It has a certain dietotherapy effect on patients with hypertension, edema and heart disease; 3. Strengthening the body and preventing cancer: Lettuce contains a variety of vitamins and minerals and has the function of regulating the nervous system. Its organic matter is rich in iron that can be absorbed by human body, which is very beneficial to patients with iron deficiency anemia. The hot water extract of lettuce has a high inhibitory rate on some cancer cells, so it can be used to prevent cancer. 4. Relaxation: Lettuce contains a lot of plant cellulose, which can promote peristalsis of intestinal wall, dredge digestive tract and help defecation, and can be used to treat various constipation. Suitable for people: edible, especially for the elderly and children. Usage: 60 grams each time. Tip: Lettuce is afraid of salt, so it is delicious to put less salt. A substance in lettuce can stimulate the optic nerve, so people with eye diseases, especially night blindness, should not eat more.