Butterhead Lettuce
Calories, Carbs & Fat
Written by Sky Taylor, Diet Bites
Leafy Greens, a Must for Good Health
Are you looking for a little love to add to your weight loss plan? Something that's healthy - yet that is also minimal in caloric and dietary fat content?
If so, you can't get much lower in energy values than lettuce - and that includes all varieties of this leafy green food, an essential for optimum health.
All that green equals fibery goodness which assist in sweeping the gut clean of potentially harmful toxins that can attack healthy cells within the body.
Keeping the digestive system moving right along is essential where fitness and simply - feeling good are involved.
But wait! We have even more great news involving this natural super food.
It's a Healthy Wrap
If you find that you're closely clipping your daily totals while trying to lose weight, why not prepare a low caloric lettuce wrap for your next meal? The leaf will replace the bread slices, buns or wraps of course.
Add your choice of lean proteins to the leaf - and it doesn't have to be lean meat.
What about garbanzo beans or black beans instead? Add some vine-ripened tomatoes along with a few slices of cucumber (fresh!) and a shot of your favorite low-cal salad dressing. It's a wrap!
Let's take a look at the nutrition facts for the butterhead variety:
Calories, Nutrition in Butterhead Lettuce
|
Energy, Vitamins, Minerals |
Unit Measures |
1 cup, chopped |
1 head, 5" in diameter |
1 large leaf |
1 medium leaf |
1 small leaf |
|
Calcium, Ca |
mg
|
19 |
57 |
5 |
3 |
2 |
|
Calories |
kcal
|
7 |
21 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Carbohydrate |
g
|
1.23 |
3.63 |
0.33 |
0.17 |
0.11 |
|
Carotene, alpha |
mcg
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Carotene, beta |
mcg
|
1093 |
3239 |
298 |
149 |
99 |
|
Cholesterol |
mg
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Copper, Cu |
mg
|
0.009 |
0.026 |
0.002 |
0.001 |
0.001 |
|
Cryptoxanthin, beta |
mcg
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Monounsaturated Fat |
g
|
0.004 |
0.013 |
0.001 |
0.001 |
0.000 |
|
Polyunsaturated Fat |
g
|
0.064 |
0.191 |
0.018 |
0.009 |
0.006 |
|
Saturated Fat |
g
|
0.016 |
0.047 |
0.004 |
0.002 |
0.001 |
|
Fiber, total dietary |
g
|
0.6 |
1.8 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
|
Folate, total |
mcg
|
40 |
119 |
11 |
5 |
4 |
|
Folic acid |
mcg
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Fructose |
g
|
0.28 |
0.83 |
0.08 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
|
Galactose |
g
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Glucose (dextrose) |
g
|
0.24 |
0.70 |
0.06 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
|
Iron, Fe |
mg
|
0.68 |
2.02 |
0.19 |
0.09 |
0.06 |
|
Lactose |
g
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Lutein + zeaxanthin |
mcg
|
673 |
1993 |
183 |
92 |
61 |
|
Lycopene |
mcg
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Magnesium, Mg |
mg
|
7 |
21 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Maltose |
g
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Manganese, Mn |
mg
|
0.098 |
0.292 |
0.027 |
0.013 |
0.009 |
|
Niacin |
mg
|
0.196 |
0.582 |
0.054 |
0.027 |
0.018 |
|
Pantothenic acid |
mg
|
0.083 |
0.244 |
0.022 |
0.011 |
0.007 |
|
Phosphorus, P |
mg
|
18 |
54 |
5 |
2 |
2 |
|
Potassium, K |
mg
|
131 |
388 |
36 |
18 |
12 |
|
Protein |
g
|
0.74 |
2.20 |
0.20 |
0.10 |
0.07 |
|
Retinol |
mcg
|
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Riboflavin |
mg
|
0.034 |
0.101 |
0.009 |
0.005 |
0.003 |
|
Selenium, Se |
mcg
|
0.3 |
1.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
Sodium, Na |
mg
|
3 |
8 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Sucrose |
g
|
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
|
Sugars, total |
g
|
0.52 |
1.53 |
0.14 |
0.07 |
0.05 |
|
Total Fat |
g
|
0.12 |
0.36 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.01 |
|
Vitamin K |
mcg
|
56.3 |
166.7 |
15.3 |
7.7 |
5.1 |
|
Zinc, Zn |
mg
|
0.11 |
0.33 |
0.03 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
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