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food
lettuce
nutrition
definition
lettuce:
Ayurvedic: hot weather food, provides the body with natural salts lost in perspiration
Chinese:
» qualities: neutral or cool, bitter, sweet
» actions: tonifies Qi, moves stagnations, softens hardness, promotes lactation, affects Stomach and Bladder, and five Internal Organs; beneficial effect on veins/arteries; cools feverish Stomach
» uses: insufficient breast milk; halitosis; hematuria; swollen testicles; insects in ear; scars on head preventing hair growth, breast abscess, postpartum pain due to Xue Yu (Blood Stasis), skin lesions
» contraindications: cold feeling in Stomach
naturopathic:
» qualities: alkaline-forming food
» actions: provides roughage
» uses: anemia and arthritis, and insomnia (wild lettuce)
biochemical: best is green and leafy; high in iron, calcium, potassium, vitamins A and C, Folic acid
» form: raw shredded looseleaf lettuce
» portion: 0.5 cup
» calories (kcal): 5
» weight (g): 28
» water (%): 93.9
» protein (g): 0.4
» fat (g): 0.1
» carbohydrates (g): 1
» unsaturated fatty acid (g): 0.1
» saturated fatty acid (g): 0
» calories from fat (%): 18
» cholesterol (mg): 0
» dietary fiber (g):
» vitamin A (RE): 53
» vitamin A (IU): 532
» vitamin B1 (mg): 0.01
» vitamin B2 (mg): 0.02
» vitamin B3 (mg): 0.1
» vitamin B6 (mg): 0.02
» vitamin B12 (mcg): 0
» vitamin C (mg): 5
» vitamin E (IU):
» folic acid (mcg):
» pantothenic acid (mg): 0.06
» sodium (mg): 3
» potassium (mg): 74
» calcium (mg): 19
» phosphorus (mg): 7
» magnesium (mg): 3
» iron (mg): 0.39
» zinc (mg):
» copper (mg):
» manganese (mg):
Agriculture Handbook #8
Airola, p. 291
Jensen, pp. 163-64
Johari, p. 119
Lu, p. 94
Ni, p. 39
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