Guest guest Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 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 > > > 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...
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