Any nutritional value to iceberg lettuce?!
Any nutritional value to iceberg lettuce?
Answers:
As much as I despise the bland, insipid nature of Iceberg lettuce it's actually fairly decent stuff (I prefer Black Seeded Simpson and grow my own).
Is it high in water? yes, but it actually contains all essential amino acids (which surprised me) and just over 15% of it's calories come from protein. It's high in vitamin K and has good amounts of A, C and folate. It has decent amounts of most minerals including Iron, Phosphorus, Potassium, Magnesium, Manganese and Calcium.
Keep in mind that values showing it's nothing but water and fiber as based on a serving of *one* medium sized leaf!
Play with the first link below and see what you get from eating a cup of Iceberg which is a more normal serving for us veggies. Look at what you get from eating a normal 6" head of it! 10% of your protein for the day!! Compare 100g of Iceberg lettuce to 100g of fresh raw apple with skin and see what's better for you
The second link is about juicing Iceberg and the third is very strict data on the amino acid count of lettuce.
Is Iceberg Lettuce lame? YEP! But it's a lot better for us than we'd ever suspect. (and all the naysayers should all be given a thumb down but it's broken again
Source(s):
http://www.nutritiondata.com/facts-c0000...
http://www.juicingbook.com/vegetables/le...
http://www.fao.org/docrep/005/ac854t/ac8...
no - it's pretty much all water
Only as a form of roughage.
according to Dr. Mercola. he says not worth it so he doesn't suggest eating it ..
Not much at all.
If you're making salad, it's better to use some other, darker greens for their nutrients.
Good luck.
it makes for a good pain killer if you boil it into a tea
Nutrition Information : Iceberg lettuce
((incl crisphead types), raw)
Water (g/100g) 96.26
Food Energy (Calories) (kcal/100g) 10
Protein (g/100g) 0.81
Total Lipid (fat) (g/100g) 0.11
Ash (g/100g) 0.31
Carbohydrate (g/100g) 2.09
Total Dietary Fibre (g/100g) 1
Total Sugars (g/100g) 1.8
Calcium (mg/100g) 20
Iron (mg/100g) 0.35
Magnesium (mg/100g) 8
Phosphorus (mg/100g) 22
Potassium (mg/100g) 152
Sodium (mg/100g) 9
Zinc (mg/100g) 0.16
Copper(mg/100g) 0.025
Manganese (mg/100g) 0.131
Selenium (μ/100g) 0.5
Vitamin C (mg/100g) 3.9
Thiamin (mg/100g) 0.037
Riboflavin (mg/100g) 0.021
Niacin (mg/100g) 0.124
Pantothenic Acid (mg/100g) 0.119
Vitamin B6 (mg/100g) 0.046
Folate (μg/100g) 56
Folic Acid (μg/100g) 0
Food Folate (μg/100g) 56
Folate (Dietary Folate Equivalents/100g) 56
Vitamin B12 (μg/100g) 0
Vitamin A (μg/100g) 322
Vitamin A (IU/100g) 16
Retinol (μg/100g) 0
Vitamin E (μg/100g) 0.03
Vitamin K (μg/100g) 24.1
Alpha-carotene (μg/100g) 2
Beta-carotene (μg/100g) 192
Beta-crytoxanthin (μg/100g) 0
Lycopene (μg/100g) 0
Lutein & Zeazanthin (μg/100g) 352
Saturated Fatty Acid (g/100g) 0.014
Monosaturated Fatty Acids (g/100g) 0.004
Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (g/100g) 0.055
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Yep....fiber
No, not at all
About 85% water and the rest is fiber.
Not really, maybe a little fiber.
there is very little nutritional value to iceberg lettuce. it is not very tasty, either. you will find the darker leaf varieties to be cheaper and better tasting. more vitamins in them, too.
Just barely. It's principal value is for texture.
Besides, for any fruit or veggie, the darker the colour, the greated the nutritional value.
There is some nutrition in iceberg lettuce but a whole
lot more in the leafy green ones.The darker the green the better.