5 main benefits of eating salads

Salads are fresh, colorful, crisp veggies and fruits blended together that are refreshing and unpretentious. The question that pops up is why salads are popular only with the health conscious?  Luckily today more people than less are health conscious foodie doodie so they have everything going for them. But yes! It is a no brainer that eating salads regularly is beneficial for a healthier living.

High Source of  fiber – Salads are high in both soluble & insoluble fiber

Helps in weight management – An appropriate salad low in calories but high in bulk provides satiety on one hand and helps in initializing weight loss and later on weight management.

Increased Immunity:  Increased intake of colorful vegetables rich in anti oxidants helps build and boot the immune system regularly.

Jiffy and easy meals–  Salads needing no major culinary expertise is easy and quick to prepare especially when you have no time but want to eat healthy . Just assemble whatever you can lay your hands on add some flavorful herbs and seasoning and Viola your meal is ready.

Aids good sleep – Lack of sleep due to stress  is yet another major challenge today in this hard paced life.  Greens especially Lettuce contains a sleep inducing substance called ‘lectucarium’   a compound which has been used to treat cases of insomnia.