Lettuce contains a lot of vitamin C, antioxidants, vitamin B1, B6 and a lot of dietary fiber, and a small amount of iron, copper, zinc.
Enhance the digestion and absorption of protein and fat, improve blood circulation in the stomach and intestines can often eat lettuce. The main characteristic of lettuce is that its terminal leaves form a leaf ball.
Leaf blades are entire, serrated or y lobed, with smooth or crinkled surfaces, and the terminal leaves form a ball of leaves that are rounded or off-rounded.
Lettuce is easy to grow inside the vegetables and vitamins more kinds of a vegetable, lettuce nature of the sweet and cool,
Because of its stems and leaves contain lettuce pigment, so the taste is slightly bitter, has a heat and refreshing, analgesic and hypnotic, lower cholesterol, assist in the treatment of neurasthenia and other effects.
Lettuce contains mannitol and other effective components, diuretic and promote blood circulation, clear the liver and gallbladder and stomach effects.
Nutritional value and efficacy of lettuce
1, anti-aging: lettuce inside the nutrients are very much, such as carotene, vitamins, etc., have an antioxidant effect.
Eating some lettuce every day, can replenish the body's need for a variety of nutrients in a timely manner, so that the speed of cellular aging slows down, so as to achieve the purpose of anti-aging.
2, weight loss: lettuce inside the dietary fiber and vitamin C content are very high,
favorable to the body inside the excess fat eliminated. In addition, lettuce inside the water is also very sufficient, high nutritional value, has a low-fat low-calorie reputation.
If you want to lose weight, you may want to eat more lettuce.
3, strengthen the function of the gastrointestinal tract: lettuce inside the nutrients are very much, often eat to help promote the digestive function of the gastrointestinal tract, speed up the gastrointestinal tract of the speed of blood flow. If you eat too much meat products, this time to a little lettuce, can help the body digestion and absorption.