Eating a green salad almost every day may be one of the healthiest and simplest eating habits you can adopt.
Here are just a few health reasons to reach for a green salad today:
1. Eat Green Salads for the Fiber
Eating a high-fiber diet can help lower dietary and metabolic acids and thus lower cholesterol levels and prevent constipation.
2. Eat Green Salads for the Health Benefits
Many experts agree that Americans need to eat more fruit and vegetables
(especially dark green
vegetables). There is plenty of evidence that
nutrient-rich plant foods contribute to overall health.
If you frequently eat green salads, you'll likely have higher blood
levels of powerful antioxidants (vitamin C and E, folic acid, lycopene,
and alpha- and beta-carotene,) especially if your salad includes raw
vegetables. Antioxidants are substances that help protect the body from
damage caused by harmful dietary and metabolic acidic waste products.
For years, researchers have noted a link between eating lots of fruit
and vegetables and lower risks of many diseases, particularly cancer. A
recent study from the National Cancer Institute suggests that people
whose diets are rich in fruit and vegetables may have a lower risk of
developing cancers.
3. Eat Green Salads to Cut Calories and Increase Satisfaction
If losing weight is your goal, you may want to start your meals with a
green salad. Studies have shown that eating a low-calorie first course,
like a green salad of 150 calories or less, enhances satiety (feelings
of fullness) and reduces the total number of calories eaten during the
meal.
4. Eat Green Salads to Get Good Healthy Fats
Eating a little good fat (like the monounsaturated fat found in olive
oil, avocado and nuts) with your vegetables appears to help your body
absorb protective phytochemicals, like lycopene from tomatoes and lutein
from dark green vegetables.
A recent study from Ohio State University measured how well
phytochemicals were absorbed by the body after people ate a salad of
lettuce, carrot, and spinach, with or without 2 1/2 tablespoons of
avocado. The avocado-eaters absorbed eight times more alpha-carotene and
more than 13 times more beta-carotene (both of which are thought to
help protect against cancer and heart disease) than the group eating
salads without avocado.
If you dress your salad with a little olive or avocado oil, there may
even be some additional years in it for you. Italian research on people
aged 60 and older has suggested that a diet that includes plenty of
olive oil and raw vegetables is linked to reduced mortality.
I personally eat two avocados a day.
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Enjoy your salad today!
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