Have You Had Your Green Salad Today?

Have you had your green salad today?
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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!