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<blockquote data-quote="Max Roscoe" data-source="post: 1540320" data-attributes="member: 17845">I was always taught by my parents that salads were important for roughage and fiber, not nutritional content.So I would think having some a few times a month is sufficient.&nbsp; I do believe in the benefits of dietary fiber from an occasional salad.It is curious that many other cultures do not serve salad, at least not the American style.&nbsp; I hadn't thought about that, but I typically cannot or do not get salads when abroad.I'm a big fan of the &quot;blue zones&quot; principle, the 5 or so areas around the world where people naturally live into their 90s and have few health problems.&nbsp; None of them were salad-centric eaters.As for the digestibility or nutritional content of a raw salad, there are foods that have a much higher nutritional value *cooked* than not. [URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.eatthis.com/vegetables-healthier-cooked/[/URL]I read a book several years back called On Food and Cooking about the science behind cooking which discusses things like the Maillard Process, which causes certain foods to visually brown and become more savory and nutritionally altered as they are heated.So I'm not surprised that raw salads are not particularly good for you, outside of their fiber and roughage.I do know the latter is important for blood sugar and gut health.&nbsp; Dr. Chris Kesser talks a lot about gut health and I'd be curious his take.&nbsp; I used to listen to his podcast but it just became too much.&nbsp; Hours of discussion every month about micronutrients and gut flora haha.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Max Roscoe, post: 1540320, member: 17845"] I was always taught by my parents that salads were important for roughage and fiber, not nutritional content. So I would think having some a few times a month is sufficient. I do believe in the benefits of dietary fiber from an occasional salad. It is curious that many other cultures do not serve salad, at least not the American style. I hadn't thought about that, but I typically cannot or do not get salads when abroad. I'm a big fan of the "blue zones" principle, the 5 or so areas around the world where people naturally live into their 90s and have few health problems. None of them were salad-centric eaters. As for the digestibility or nutritional content of a raw salad, there are foods that have a much higher nutritional value *cooked* than not. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.eatthis.com/vegetables-healthier-cooked/[/URL] I read a book several years back called On Food and Cooking about the science behind cooking which discusses things like the Maillard Process, which causes certain foods to visually brown and become more savory and nutritionally altered as they are heated. So I'm not surprised that raw salads are not particularly good for you, outside of their fiber and roughage. I do know the latter is important for blood sugar and gut health. Dr. Chris Kesser talks a lot about gut health and I'd be curious his take. I used to listen to his podcast but it just became too much. Hours of discussion every month about micronutrients and gut flora haha. [/QUOTE]

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