Comments on: Iceberg: Bad for the Titanic and for Your Salad

By: Add a little life to your salad -

Add a little life to your salad - — Sat, 01 Oct 2011 15:53:26 +0000

[...] water (which isn’t bad), but it doesn’t have the nutrients as other lettuces (click here to read more about choosing lettuce). The goal is to try and get as many different type of greens [...]

By: Mashing Words: Restrictive USDA School Lunch, WIC Guidelines for White Potatoes – I Eat Grains!

Fri, 20 May 2011 00:22:45 +0000

[...] in nutrients like vitamin C. In fact, one potato contains more vitamin C than an entire head of iceberg lettuce. Shouldn’t we look at how often potatoes are served — and the ways in which [...]

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Things to Write Home About 2/22/09 | Feels Like Home — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 03:45:25 +0000

[...] Talli at Being Healthy for Busy People posted an explanation of why iceberg lettuce is bad for you [...]

By: Maria Isabel

Maria Isabel — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 08:30:05 +0000

It is interesting that I used to eat iceberg lettuce but I always preferred the red lettuce or other leafy vegetables with wine vinegar, olive oil and garlic powder. I prefer Kale or Swiss Chard on soup (“Caldo Verde” -Portuguese soup).

By: Shawno

Shawno — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 02:08:39 +0000

I enjoy me some Caesar salad so I’m glad to know that Romaine lettuce ain’t all bad.

By: Wendy Cooper

Wendy Cooper — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 20:46:50 +0000

I now ask for a garden salad with romaine rather than iceberg awesome article! Thanks!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 21:06:19 +0000

My own favorite is spinach, but I have long since learned to prefer the darker leaf lettuces for salads as a whole. There’s just nothing that interesting flavor-wise with iceberg lettuce.

By: Nancy Sutherland

Nancy Sutherland — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:16:17 +0000

I love baby spinach for my salad. It wasn’t mentioned here, but I am sure that it is better than iceberg. My second favorite is romaine. Sadly, when you eat out, most of the time a salad comes with iceberg unless they have a salad bar.

By: Rosy

Rosy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:00:43 +0000

I love all of them. I still eat Iceberg once in awhile with certain foods. I try to replace bread with Romaine or butterhead lettuce for sandwiches. Thanks, Talli for listing all the info.

By: cathy

cathy — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:40:45 +0000

We’re big red leaf lettuce fans here – sweet, tender, and flavorful. I’ve never thought of using kale in a salad. Will give it a try!