Re: lettuce

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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

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> All lettuce is basically fiber and water. There is no more or

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> Iceberg lettuce has to be almost

> completely free of EVERYTHING and very similar to not eating at

all!

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> 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