Effects of Salad
Benefits of eating salad
It’s
Meatless Monday once again! It’s time to skip those meaty meals and say hello
to the greens and yellows sitting in your refrigerator. It’s time to eat fresh
vegetables. With the hot summer weather arriving quickly, a cool crisp salad
can be the basis for a light and refreshing meal. It make so easy at home.
Salads are tasty and beneficial for your health. We bring you many amazing
benefits of eating salad. Let be started-
Eat Salads for the Health Benefits of Fruits
and Vegetables
Many
experts agree that Americans need to eat more fruits and vegetables (especially
dark green and orange vegetables) and legumes -- all popular salad ingredients.
David Jacobs, PhD, professor of Public Health at the University of Minnesota,
says in an email interview that 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 a host of powerful antioxidants
(vitamin C and E, folic acid, lycopene, and alpha- and beta-carotene,)
especially if your salad includes some raw vegetables.
Good for eyes
Yes,
salads help sharpen your eyesight. Spinach, red lettuce and a few other
veggies, are loaded with vitamin A carotenoids, zeaxanthin and lutein. These
nutrients help in preventing your body against high-energy light that may have
caused eye damage. Make sure you add it to your daily meal if you don’t want to
be wearing spectacles all your life.
Eat Salads to Get Smart 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.
Lower calories count
Eating fried food and items full of sugar only
increase the calorie count in your body. Eat salad and you will be surprised to
see the amount of calories reduced from your body. The catch is, you do not
have to add dressings or fried ingredients in your salad. Add items that have a
great nutritional value and are beneficial for your body.
Protect Your Peepers
The
carotenoids found in the green leafies like spinach, Romaine and Red Lettuce
help the eyes to adjust from bright to dark, and to filter out high intensity
light levels, protecting them from the formation of damaging free radicals.
Build Strong Bones
Low
vitamin K levels have been linked with low bone mineral density in women. For
healthy bone growth, a recommended full daily serving can be found in just 1
cup of watercress (100%), radicchio (120%) or spinach (170%).
Helps you sleep well
Having
trouble while sleeping? Well, research suggests that if you consume salad on a
regular basis, it not only keeps you healthy but also treats insomnia. Lettuce
is loaded with sleep inducing substance called ‘lectucarium’, which has been
used to treat insomnia. Try adding it to your daily diet.
Good for digestion
Whenever
you consume a really heavy meal, you tend to feel super full and it is often
accompanied by bloating. The best part about salads is that they do not cause
bloating. Salads are definitely filling and keep your stomach full but they
don’t make you feel lazy like you often do by every meal you take.
Boost immune system
The
best way to boost your immune system and keep yourself free from diseases is by
eating salads. Eating salads regularly is a great way to not only increase your
vegetable intake but the antioxidants present in the salad also boost your
immune system.
Improve Muscle Performance
Well,
it turns out Popeye knew his stuff. The nutrients found in spinach not only
help to build strong bones, they also help to improve the performance of the
mitochondria – little structures inside our cells that help to produce energy,
as well as inform and power our muscles.
Protect Your Heart
Romaine
lettuce contains two key nutrients in significant levels that help to protect
the heart muscle: folate and fiber. High levels of folate have been shown to
assist in the prevention of stroke and cardiovascular disease.
Improves Skin Tone
The
high levels of water found in salad veggies improves hydration in our bodies,
which is necessary for youthful skin tone and various basic bodily functions.
Bad effects of eating salad
Day
after day, week after week you make this choice at least one time per day
because you want to be healthy and fit. If a salad is your idea of a delicious,
nutritious meal, what I'm about to say may shock you. Your daily salad may
actually be contributing to many of your health problems:
·
Weight
gain
·
Fatigue
·
Chronic
congestion
·
Cold
Limbs
·
Abdominal
Distention
·
Indigestion
·
Poor
Appetite
·
Loose
Stools
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Adding
Too Much Protein to Your Salad May Be Counterproductive.
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Instead
of eating salads everyday, try changing it up by eating warm, cooked,
vegetables as well.
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Eating
a salad on a hot summer day is more balanced than eating one on a cold, damp
winter day.
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Time
your eating: Try eating your salad near 12:00pm rather than at dinner time
(noon is the most yang/warming part of the day and can help balance out the
yin/cold nature of the salad). Otherwise its will be disbalaced our immune
systems.
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Perhaps
the most common mistake people make with their salads is their choice of salad
dressing. The vast majority of commercial salad dressings are far from healthy,
as they're chockfull of high fructose corn syrup and highly processed omega-6
GMO oils full of toxic herbicides like glyphosate. Low-fat dressings also need
to be avoided. When fat is removed from a food product, it's usually replaced
by sugar/fructose in order to taste good, and this is a recipe for poor health.
Excess fructose in your diet drives insulin and leptin resistance, which are at
the heart of not only diabetes but most other chronic diseases as well.