Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 All lettuce is basically fiber and water. There is no more or less nutritional value in say, spring mixes than iceburg. In a message dated 1/1/2006 4:56:21 PM US Eastern Standard Time, judy_nicholls@... writes: Iceberg lettuce has to be almost completely free of EVERYTHING and very similar to not eating at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 All lettuce is basically fiber and water. There is no more or less nutritional value in say, spring mixes than iceburg. In a message dated 1/1/2006 4:56:21 PM US Eastern Standard Time, judy_nicholls@... writes: Iceberg lettuce has to be almost completely free of EVERYTHING and very similar to not eating at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Hi Christy, It surprised me, too. I bought the same spring mix...and looked at the label when I was putting it in the fridge: 3 carbs, 2 fiber, water, 40 sodium...1 gram of protein. It sure is more interesting to look at than plain iceburg, tho. ~a In a message dated 1/1/2006 5:52:03 PM US Eastern Standard Time, macey110@... writes: That's not necessarily true. The spring mix I buy has other greens besides lettuce, including spinach, raddichio, arugula, chard, and a variety of lettuces and has considerably more nutritive value than iceburg. One serving is not much, admittedly, but cumulatively, eaten a couple of times a day, it adds up. Christy > > > All lettuce is basically fiber and water. There is no more or less > nutritional value in say, spring mixes than iceburg. > > In a message dated 1/1/2006 4:56:21 PM US Eastern Standard Time, > judy_nicholls@a... writes: > > > Iceberg lettuce has to be almost > completely free of EVERYTHING and very similar to not eating at all! > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Christy, Cool! Where'd you get that spring mix? Brand? And where'd you go to get that detailed info?? Way cool! ~a In a message dated 1/1/2006 6:44:48 PM US Eastern Standard Time, macey110@... writes: > > > Hi Christy, > It surprised me, too. I bought the same spring mix...and looked at the label > when I was putting it in the fridge: 3 carbs, 2 fiber, water, 40 sodium...1 A% Comparison, iceburg v. spring mix, 2 cups Vitamin A Iceburg 552 IU, spring mix 5,388 IU (110% of RDA) Vitamin C Iceburg 3.1 mg, spring mix 32.0 mg (50% of RDA) Calcium Iceburg, 20 mg, spring mix 65 mg Iron Iceburg 0.45 mg, spring mix 4.0 mg Magnesiurm Iceburg .138 mg, spring mix 11 mg. Christy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 And these other types of greens certainly do taste much better than iceberg lettuce. I combine a salad mix with spinach. My luncheon salad is probably 4 cups, so I hope I'm getting some nutritive value. I can no longer abide iceberg lettuce alone in a salad. Sue On Sunday, January 1, 2006, at 05:50 PM, Christy Stouffer wrote: > That's not necessarily true. The spring mix I buy has other greens > besides lettuce, including spinach, raddichio, arugula, chard, and a > variety of lettuces and has considerably more nutritive value than > iceburg. One serving is not much, admittedly, but cumulatively, > eaten a couple of times a day, it adds up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Thanks, Christy, for these figures. I knew that the greener greens had to have more nutrition than iceberg lettuce, but didn't have any proof. Sue On Sunday, January 1, 2006, at 06:43 PM, Christy Stouffer wrote: > > Comparison, iceburg v. spring mix, 2 cups > > Vitamin A > Iceburg 552 IU, spring mix 5,388 IU (110% of RDA) > > Vitamin C > Iceburg 3.1 mg, spring mix 32.0 mg (50% of RDA) > > Calcium > Iceburg, 20 mg, spring mix 65 mg > > Iron > Iceburg 0.45 mg, spring mix 4.0 mg > > Magnesiurm > Iceburg .138 mg, spring mix 11 mg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 This may be so, but I find Iceberg causes gastritis and gas weras the leaf varieties do not - while getting used to Metformin, the others may be a better choice CJ -------------------------------------------- Original Message: Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 17:25:32 EST From: paula42662@... Subject: Re: Re: lettuce All lettuce is basically fiber and water. There is no more or less nutritional value in say, spring mixes than iceburg. In a message dated 1/1/2006 4:56:21 PM US Eastern Standard Time, judy_nicholls@... writes: Iceberg lettuce has to be almost completely free of EVERYTHING and very similar to not eating at all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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