Carol lettuce has long and loosely arranged leaves, which can be easily separated from its stem. Caron lettuce has a hard leaf texture and is much crisper than its relatives. It is a temperate plant belonging to the Cuc family. Lettuce is mainly grown in Lam Dong and supplied to the whole country. In cooking, lettuce is often used to eat raw or as the main ingredient for salads.
Characteristics of Carol lettuce
Caron salad is also a tropical plant, very easy to grow and use. In Vietnam, this vegetable is grown all year round in Da Lat due to its cool climate, suitable for trees. They have a very high nutritional value for human health. According to research, 100g of Carol lettuce contains 169mg of vitamin A, 2.2g of Carbohydrate, 1.2g of fiber,…. There is also a lot of iron, calcium, zinc, vitamin C. These are all important nutrients that humans need to supplement daily.
Because there are more than 100 different types of salads, it is difficult to recognize them all. However, for Carol salad you can completely recognize through the following characteristics:
- In the form of a round curly salad, with a very bright and eye-catching green color.
- The leaves are quite long and loosely arranged, easy to separate the leaves. However, when eating, their leaves are harder and crisper than other salads. This is also the feature that makes Caron saladpopular with many people.
- Has a characteristic slightly sweet taste, which is widely used to make cool salads. You can clearly feel the sweetness of this salad when served with many other dishes.
- Their leaves are slightly curly, the white stems occupy more, and the leaves are not too thick.
In short, to be able to recognize Caron salad you need to process and use them. Because the taste of different types of salads is completely distinguishable. If only based on the shape, it will be difficult to distinguish because there are many different types of salads on the market.
The effect of Caron salad
Caron salad has many uses for human health. Let’s find out what those uses are and how they should be processed to maximize their effects!
Helps lose weight, beautify skin
This is the most well-known use of Caron lettuce. In particular, salads from lettuce, tomatoes and many other vegetables are likened to the elixir for weight loss. Because, salad contains up to 90g of water, which easily fills the stomach and reduces hunger. If you apply this menu in moderation, you will quickly have a beautiful figure after just 2 weeks.
In addition, when combining salad with tomatoes, it also increases the content of vitamin C, helping to whiten the skin. Because it contains a lot of water, Caron salad also has the effect of tightening and smoothing the skin, replenishing water for bright and smooth skin. The simplest way is to puree the salad, take the juice and apply it on the face, let the nutrients absorb evenly and then rinse with water. Doing this every day, your face will be much more beautiful.
Clear heat, relieve headache
The next use of Caron salad is to clear heat, cool the body and reduce the symptoms of headaches. According to Oriental Medicine, salad has cool properties, sweet taste, slightly bitter to help cool down, which is very good for the body. Especially when you drink salad juice, the cooling effect is obvious, the body will feel cooler.
Today’s pace of life always makes people fall into a state of fatigue and stress. Therefore, it is necessary to supplement foods that help relax the body during meals. With the available magnesium content in lettuce, it helps restore muscle tissue, enhance brain function. According to Western remedies, when using coleslaw juice with rose essential oil and rubbing it on the temples and forehead, it will reduce headaches. In addition, you can also only use Caron salad juice to avoid headaches.
Good for people with diabetes and anemia
Because it belongs to the food group with less than 3% Carbohydrate content, Caron salad is recommended by many experts for people with diabetes. They are considered the ideal food to help reduce the complications caused by this disease, purify and reduce the amount of sugar in the human body. Therefore, if you are suffering from diabetes, add this food to your menu every day.
For people with anemia, Carol salad is also a food that should be used. Salads contain a lot of iron to help supplement people with iron deficiency anemia. The iron content in salads is also more easily absorbed into the body than other foods. Instead of taking blood tonic, why don’t you eat a lot of salads to help your body absorb iron better and more effectively.
Good for women before and after giving birth
Lettuce contains a lot of Folic Acid which is very good for pregnant and breastfeeding women. The fetus will grow healthier when absorbing this substance. In addition, vitamin B9 is a nutrient that many doctors recommend women to supplement during pregnancy. This is a very important substance for fetuses and babies. And in Caron salad contains a certain amount of vitamin B9 that makes it easy for the body to absorb. Mothers can puree Caron salad leaves to drink or serve with other dishes. There are many dishes made from salad that pregnant women should eat to supplement good nutrients for both mother and baby.
Helps prevent cancer
Cancer is becoming a terrible disease for humans. To cure this disease is often very unsuccessful and difficult to stop. So preventing cancer-causing factors is something that everyone should do today. According to scientists, Caron lettuce contains a lot of beta-carotene, which is a substance with great cancer prevention potential.
So, from now on, add Caron salad to your family’s menu to prevent this evil disease. Moreover, beta-carotene also helps to avoid cardiovascular diseases, cataracts or joint diseases effectively. A lot of medicinal uses in a lettuce plant, it’s amazing, isn’t it!
Helps sleep well, prevent constipation
It would be hard to believe that this vegetable helps you treat insomnia. It is true that Caron salad contains Letucarium – a substance that causes drowsiness. Therefore, they help you take care of your sleep more deeply, especially for those who suffer from sleep deprivation and insomnia. If you feel that your sleep is not deep enough, why not add this vegetable to your menu?
How to choose lettuce
With increasing demand, vegetables are gradually sprayed more to bring economic efficiency to businesses. However, they are very harmful to human life if the amount of drug is not within the allowed flow. So how to buy and choose Carol salad to ensure food hygiene and safety while still being fresh and delicious. Let’s take a look at some of the criteria below:
- Choose plants with thick leaves and large stems. Because when sprayed with drugs to stimulate leaf growth, the leaves will be very thin and the stalks are also smaller than usual.
- If the vegetable plant has no brains above and a layer of leaves is cut above, it has usually been left for a long time, do not buy Carol lettuce that is like that. Although the stem and overall look whiter, the tree has actually been peeled off the layers of withered leaves by the seller and cut off to make the tree look more delicious and beautiful.
- Should choose a dark green tree, hold it firmly. When Carol lettuce is grown in a good environment, they will have a characteristic dark green color, the leaves are tightly and close together. Trees with loose structure are often sprayed with stimulants to grow quickly.
- Choose trees with plastic stems. Because the resin is still stagnant when newly picked and harvested. If the vegetables are no longer plastic, they have been left for 1 to 2 days. Pay close attention when choosing vegetables to bring fresh and delicious food source to your family.
After buying, peel off all the leaves of the plant, then soak them in cold water with salt for about 5 minutes and take them out to drain. This is the way to help remove dirt and chemicals in plants, making vegetables cleaner and tastier. Do not use Caron salad when taking drugs with high Vitamin K content.
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