Tag: lettuce

• 10 Vegetables with Less Than 30 Calories Per 100 Grams

  

    It is well known that vegetables are among the foods with the fewest calories. The 10 vegetables below are those with the fewest calories, less than 30 calories per 100 grams, mainly from proteins and carbohydrates, with traces of fat, which is why it is not mentioned. Lettuce 17 calories (1.4 grams from protein…

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  17 February 2025

  Foods, IPSC Nutrition, Summer Tips

  10 Vegetables, asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, lettuce, low calories, mushrooms, peppers, spinach, tomato, zucchini

• Lettuce

  

  Raw lettuce consists of 96% water, 3% carbohydrates and contains a negligible amount of protein. 100 gr. of lettuce (2.5 cups of 250 ml/cup) has only 12 – 14 calories and this is the main reason that makes it an ideal food for weight control or for slimming diets. It also increases the feeling of…

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  4 February 2025

  Foods, Summer Tips

  Antioxidant, beta-carotene, Carbohydrates, chlorophyll, dietary fibers, lettuce, light meal, lutein, summer, vitamin A, vitamin B, vitamin K, zeaxanthin

• Nitrates

  

  Nitrates improve exercise endurance by enhancing “running economy.” They increase plasma nitrate concentrations to increase nitric oxide, which has a variety of vascular and metabolic effects that reduce oxygen cost during exercise. This means that athletes can achieve better performance with the same amount of oxygen they consume or maintain the same level of performance…

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  28 January 2025

  IPSC Nutrition, Supplements

  athletes, beetroot, beetroot juice, blood flow, cabbage, calcium, carrot, celery, exercise, lettuce, muscle fiber, nitrate ocid, nitrate pool, nitrate pre-loading, Nitrates, oxygen, practical shooting, radish, re-muscle oxygenation, spinach, sports, Supplements, vascular tone, vasodilation