Disease-fighting salad dressing.If you choose fat-free dressing for your tossed salads, you might want to find other ways to cut calories. A small study reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition Clinical nutrition The use of diet and nutritional supplements as a way to enhance health prevent disease. Mentioned in: Naturopathic Medicine suggests that we all need a small amount of fat to absorb the disease-fighting carotenoids Carotenoids Carotenoids are yellow to deep-red pigments. Mentioned in: Vitamin A Deficiency carotenoids (k found in the raw vegetables tossed in the salad. Research subjects who ate salads troweled with fat-free dressing didn't absorb alpha-carotene, beta-carotene beta-carotene: see carotene; antioxidant; Vitamin A under vitamin. , or lycopene lycopene /ly·co·pene/ (li´ko-pen) the red carotenoid pigment of tomatoes and various berries and fruits. ly·co·pene n. (important "fat-soluble" disease fighters) from the raw vegetables. Those who were given reduced-fat or regular salad dressings did absorb those vital nutrients. If your meal contains other sources of fat, you probably don't need the dressing. The Center for Women's Heathcare |
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