12 Foods To Add To Your GERD Meal Plan

4. Lettuce

Lettuce is one of the most popular vegetables in the world, yet its nutritional worth is often overlooked. Lettuce has a minimal calorie, fat, and salt content. Fiber, iron, folate, and vitamin C are all abundant in this fruit. Lettuce also contains a variety of additional health-promoting bioactive chemicals. The bioactive chemicals in lettuce have been proven to have anti-inflammatory, cholesterol-lowering, and anti-diabetic properties in vitro and in animal investigations. However, lettuce varieties differ in terms of nutritional makeup and bioactive chemicals. Crisphead lettuce, which is the most common lettuce in the United States, is poor in minerals, vitamins, and bioactive compounds. Leaf lettuce and romaine lettuces are more healthy, with folate levels equivalent to other leafy vegetable sources.