Benefits of lettuce


Benefits of lettuce
Lettuce gives many health benefits, which include the following:


  • The fight against obesity and weight gain : The lettuce low as containing calories and fat, it also gives low carbohydrates to digest food and fibers, making it an appropriate diet for weight loss. [1]
  • Dietary fiber , which gives it the lettuce to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease contribute, by reducing the level of cholesterol bad and lower blood pressure, and I found a study conducted on mice, which were fed a high diet of fat and high cholesterol, eating red lettuce 8% of the diet has resulted in a decrease in the level of total cholesterol and bad cholesterol, which also suggests a role for eating lettuce to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, researchers have attributed this effect to the lettuce content of carotenoids and some phenolic compounds and flavonoids ( in English: Flavomoids). [1]
  • Lowering dietary fiber , which gives it the lettuce to reduce the risk of eating diabetes by improving operations glucose representation, have been studies done on mice and found that dealt with some kind of red lettuce, that lettuce lowers high blood sugar, and improves insulin sensitivity. [1]
  • Dietary fiber intake lowers the risk of colon cancer , a study has found that eating lettuce inversely associated with the risk of colorectal cancer. [1]


  • Lettuce is a low source of sodium , while it and by type gives a good amount of potassium , which is associated with lower blood pressure taken, and Yishturk each of red and green lettuce in this property. [1]
  • Lettuce is the content of iron is low compared with spinach , for example, but nevertheless it gives significant amounts of iron up to 15% of daily needs , according to the amount eaten. [1]


  • Is lettuce a rich source of folate, or what is known as folic acid , which is important show in the DNA manufacture of DNA, and in the functions and cellular growth and development, and in reducing the risk of birth defects for the newborn , and raise the deficiency of the risk of certain types of cancer. [1]
  • Lettuce content of vitamin C varies according to its kind, and some of the common types are considered a good source for him, and show the importance of this vitamin in many body functions, such as oxidation resistance, and immune functions, and processes natural metabolism. [1]
  • Lettuce is a good source of carotenoid, especially beta-carotene ( in English: β-carotene) which is converted in the body into vitamin A and lutein ( in English: Lutein), which work as antioxidants. [1]
  • Lettuce contains many types of phenolic compounds ( in English: Phenolic compounds) that carry multiple health benefits, it contains phenolic acids and flavonoids ( in English: Flavonoids), is linked to eating these compounds resist oxidation, reduction of oxidative stress, in addition to the anti-cancer effects, and diabetes and inflammation ( in English: inflammation), and diseases of the heart and blood vessels, and some neurological diseases associated with age. [1]


  • Found that lettuce extracts carrying anti-inflammatory properties that . [1]
  • Study found that eating lettuce lowers the risk of lung cancer in a group of non - smokers. [1]


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