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Salads and nutrients

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Salad nutrients

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Salads can be a good way to get your daily nutrients. However, not all salads are healthy or nutritious. It depends on what is in the salad.

If you have plenty of fresh vegetables in the salad, then you are getting healthy, disease-fighting nutrients. Darker colored vegetables are generally healthier.
Beware of dressings, oils, or mayonnaise in your salads. These may add unhealthy levels of fat to your salad.
Croutons, bacon bits, and cheese significantly increase the amount of calories in a salad.

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Update Date: 3/26/2007

Updated by: William McGee, M.D., M.H.A., Assistant Professor of Medicine and Surgery, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, and Chairman, Nutrition Committee, Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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