Ordering Salad at Restaurant is Good for us?

We believe that eating salad at a restaurant is good for us, Sometimes we may be right but in most cases it is far from the truth. Most coffee shops serve a salad made from iceberg lettuce.

This lettuce has no nutritional value, it is very basically fiber diet held together by water. In the digestive system iceberg lettuce has the nasty habit of turning into a slime that your body then has to break down.

On top of this leafy non-nutritional plate or bowl full, we pour all sorts of different types of salad dressings. Most of these dressings are a creamy sort that is full of fat and sugars.

Why do we use these dressings in such large amounts on this particular salad? Because by itself iceberg lettuce has very little taste and this is because, as I said before, it is simply fiber and water.

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So next time you think you are going to suffer through a salad in order to feel like you’re doing your body some good, consider this article and maybe decide to go with soup instead. The soup may not be all that good for you but at least you are getting some good flavor for your trouble and you aren't telling yourself stories.

If a salad is available that has large green vegetables of all kinds, that one will be healthy for you, but again, dousing it with a large dollop of dressing will negate it’s value to a degree.

Some people have difficulty in digesting the large quantities of roughage when they first switch to a high-phytochemical, natural, plant-based diet. These individuals can solve their problems with gas and bloating by blending their salads before eating them.

For example, patients with Crohn’s disease or colitis often do not tolerate raw salad well, but blended salads can offer these individuals the benefits of this high-nutrient food source, without the negative effects of the roughage. Those who have difficulty chewing also can benefit from blended salads.

The high-nutrient availability in the blended salads aids those recovering from illness, and helps normalize immune function in those suffering from asthma, allergies, and other immune system disorders. Those with added nutritional requirements such as nursing mothers and athletes, find that blended salads can be used to increase milk supply and athletic performance.

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Those interested in maximizing weight loss in a healthful manner can use blended salads to increase their consumption of greens before meals. This will supply them with a dynamite nutrient punch while at the same time providing satiety to prevent over-eating on the higher-calorie foods that follow.

High-performance athletes or those interested in gaining weight can mix nuts and seeds into their blended salads. This combination supplies healthful sources of protein and fat in an efficiently absorbed, high-nutrient package.

You can start with about three to five ounces of lettuce and three to five ounces of raw spinach, but any mix of raw vegetables is possible. Put a tomato, or a fruit such as an orange or a banana, in the blender and add the leafy greens on top. Put the lid on the blender. Remove the cover of the small opening in the lid and, using either a cucumber, celery sticks or a big carrot, push the lettuce down into the whirling blades. Add a little water, juice, or soy milk if necessary.

Turning the blender on and off while you push the leaves down into the mix also is helpful. A food processor with a metal “S” blade also works well, but it is usually necessary to turn it off periodically, take off the top, mix the small lettuce leaves back into the blended portion, and repeat the process.