Salads

Question 1

Salad Greens: Benefits

Answer 1

Lettuce, Rocket, Watercress, Chicory, Endive, Cress, Dandelion.
Benefits:
• Vitamin C, K, carotenoids, folate, minerals, fibre.
• Chlorophyll alkalising, blood building, anti-cancer, gut healing, cleansing.

Question 2

Salad Greens: Energetics

Answer 2

Energetics: cool, hydrating, detoxifying. The bitter taste stimulates digestive juice secretion (eat at the start of a meal to aid digestion)

Seasonal eating:Leafy greens grow in spring and summer ideal for balancing heat, detoxifying and reducing inflammation.

Question 3

Lettuce

Answer 3

Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, folate, C, E, K, calcium, iron,
manganese, phosphorus, potassium, zinc, beta carotene, lutein.

Question 4

Lettuce: Uses

Answer 4

Uses : eye and skin health (vitamin A), bone health (vitamin K)

Question 5

Watercress

Answer 5

A, B1, B2, B3, B5, B6, folate, C, E, K, calcium, iron, manganese, glucosinolates , alpha & beta carotene, lutein

Question 6

Watercress: Uses

Answer 6

Uses: supports digestion (bitter), cancer prevention (antioxidants), bone health (calcium, vitamin K), immunity (vitamin C, antioxidant)

Question 7

Chicory

Answer 7

Vitamin A, B1, B2, B3, B6, folate, C, E, K, calcium, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, carotenes, polyphenols, inulin (a prebiotic)

Question 8

Chicory: Uses

Answer 8

Uses: supporting the microbiome (insulin), anti-inflammatory (polyphenols), digestive health and blood glucose regulation (fibre).