SALAD CHOICES

Adjusting to a healthy lifestyle, and especially to a more healthy style of nutrition, is mainly about consuming less of unhealthy foods and more of the healthy ones. Sometimes don’t have the time to dedicate towards including a variety of FRUITS AND VEGETABLES in our meal plan. Having a salad is usually an easy choice whether we eat out, in fast food restaurants, soup and salad joints, or simply purchase it prepared or semi prepared from the supermarket.

How is your salad going for you? Are you getting the needed fiber in it? Is it providing the bulk so that you eat less carbs? And more importantly, is it providing an appropriate amount of valuable nutrients?

The bulk of most salads is iceberg lettuce. Commercially this is a better option because it is more sturdy, and stays fresher longer than green lettuces. Lettuce is certainly a good choice for bulk because it makes you feel fuller quicker. It is also a good choice for water content, providing much needed water to the cells. Iceberg lettuce also a good source of much needed fiber. But is it adequate in meeting our daily supply of FRUITS AND VEGETABLES?

When you look at iceberg lettuce, what do you see? Mostly white with not much color. This is an indication that the much preferred lettuce choice does not have much in the way of nutrient content. The presence of nutrients in a food is USUALLY indicated by the presence of color.
Try to include salad options of a variety of color. Tomatoes, spinach, watercress, carrots and other similar options add value to the salad. Chickpeas and beans--no matter the color-- are excellent options for salad additions, as they are also a good source of plant protein.

Not so good choices for salad options are:

CROUTONS: these bread bits are another form of dressed up white flour.
SALAD DRESSINGS: should be chosen carefully, as many are fat, and sugar filled, and add plenty of calories to the fare.
CHEESES: Add additional calories, cholesterol.
BACON BITS: for obvious reasons.
A salad is a good choice for a meal, but you should make it worth your while, without bumping up the calories and unhealthy elements.

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