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anonymous
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Does lettuce contain a lot of fiber or is its reputed roughage something else? What else could it be
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Mouldy Mouse
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> Does lettuce contain a lot of fiber or is its reputed
> roughage something else? What else could it be
Nobody answered this one, so as the unofficial lettuce
fiend I will...
There's not much fibre in lettuce, only 1% by weight. It's
just a big green low-calorie vitamin and mineral pill which
is 96% water. Details are at:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/list_nut.pl
> Does lettuce contain a lot of fiber or is its reputed
> roughage something else? What else could it be
Nobody answered this one, so as the unofficial lettuce
fiend I will...
There's not much fibre in lettuce, only 1% by weight. It's
just a big green low-calorie vitamin and mineral pill which
is 96% water. Details are at:
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/list_nut.pl
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Paulp
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"Mouldy Mouse" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> [email protected] wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Does lettuce contain a lot of fiber or is its reputed
> > roughage something else? What else could it be
>
> Nobody answered this one, so as the unofficial lettuce
> fiend I will...
>
> There's not much fibre in lettuce, only 1% by weight. It's
> just a big green low-calorie vitamin and mineral pill
> which is 96% water. Details are at:
>
> http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/list_nut.pl
Well, according to your data, its dry weight is 25% fiber. I
would call that a high fiber food.
Paul P.
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote in message
news:<[email protected]>...
> > Does lettuce contain a lot of fiber or is its reputed
> > roughage something else? What else could it be
>
> Nobody answered this one, so as the unofficial lettuce
> fiend I will...
>
> There's not much fibre in lettuce, only 1% by weight. It's
> just a big green low-calorie vitamin and mineral pill
> which is 96% water. Details are at:
>
> http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/list_nut.pl
Well, according to your data, its dry weight is 25% fiber. I
would call that a high fiber food.
Paul P.