Iceberg lettuce?

YorriaRaine

I have been eating salad's everyday before dinner to try and get more vegetables into my system everyday. My salads are usually iceberg lettuce primarily with some romaine lettuce thrown in. I want to say the ratio is about 60/40 with iceberg being the primary. Though sometimes, this week for example, all my salads have just been iceberg because it was the only greens that didn't look borderline spoiled at my local grocery.

However, a couple people told me I might as well not even bother because iceberg has no nutritional value. I am aware that the deeper greens have more nutrients but does iceberg really have none?

I have all my salads with matchstick carrots and 2tbs of dressing (Olive Garden Signature Italian Salad Dressing), and ground pepper, if that is important info to know.

shartran

Here...you decide:

Nutritional Values for Iceberg and Romaine Lettuce

One cup of iceberg lettuce has:

8.0 calories
0.5 gram protein
0.7 gram fiber
10 milligrams calcium
78 milligrams potassium
1.5 milligrams vitamin C
16 micrograms folate
13.3 micrograms of vitamin K
164 micrograms beta carotene
152 micrograms of lutein + zeaxanthin

One cup of romaine lettuce has:

8.0 calories
0.58 gram protein
1.0 gram fiber
16 milligrams calcium
116 milligrams potassium
11.3 milligrams vitamin C
64 micrograms folate
48.2 micrograms vitamin K
1637 micrograms beta carotene
1,087 micrograms of lutein + zeaxanthin.

Info taken from 'about nutrition's' website.

rsclause

I would sneak some darker greens in there even if you don't like them. I also like to add nuts and meat as well. In the end its the dressing that really screws things up.

LishieFruit89

Here...you decide:

Nutritional Values for Iceberg and Romaine Lettuce

One cup of iceberg lettuce has:

8.0 calories
0.5 gram protein
0.7 gram fiber
10 milligrams calcium
78 milligrams potassium
1.5 milligrams vitamin C
16 micrograms folate
13.3 micrograms of vitamin K
164 micrograms beta carotene
152 micrograms of lutein + zeaxanthin

One cup of romaine lettuce has:

8.0 calories
0.58 gram protein
1.0 gram fiber
16 milligrams calcium
116 milligrams potassium
11.3 milligrams vitamin C
64 micrograms folate
48.2 micrograms vitamin K
1637 micrograms beta carotene
1,087 micrograms of lutein + zeaxanthin.

Info taken from 'about nutrition's' website.

Also it tastes like crunchy water.

eldamiano

Isnt lettuce just mostly water anyway?