Nutritional benefits of lettuce

As people become more nutrition-conscious, salads become an essential part of a healthy meal-or even the meal itself.

As a general rule, the darker green the leaves, the more nutritious the salad green. By varying the greens in your salads, you can enhance the nutritional content as well as vary the tastes and textures.  

Iceberg lettuce	Per serving (11/ 2 cups)
Calories	15
Calories from fat	0
Total fat	0
Sodium (m)	10
Potassium (mg)	120
Total carbohydrate (g)	3
Dietary fibre (g)	1
Sugars (g)	2
Protein (g)	1
% DV vitamin A	4
% DV vitamin C	6
% DV calcium	2
% DV iron	2