Corn salad helps against winter depression

Corn salad with positive effects on health and mind

11/14/2011

As a valerian plant, lamb's lettuce not only has a calming effect, but also has a preventive effect on the widespread so-called autumn and winter depressions. This reports the market office fruit and vegetables Baden in a recent campaign to market the winter vegetables.

A fresh green lamb's lettuce can prevent the so-called autumn and winter blues in the wet, cold, uncomfortable season and at the same time make a significant contribution to a balanced diet, the experts said in a recent press release. The vitamin-rich valerian plant is reassuring „and is a hit among the salads, especially in the winter months“, emphasized Alfred Pfister from Marktkontor Fruit and Vegetable Baden. Although many people in this country in the face of cold, unpleasant weather, especially for hearty food and hot drinks, but in the interests of health, the handle to the fresh green salad is recommended.

Corn salad as a home remedy for winter depression
The lamb's lettuce, with its vitamins and high iron content, not only contributes to a balanced diet, but can also help to dispel the bad winter mood, said the spokesman for Marktkontors Fruits und Gemüse. Due to its positive effect, the lamb's lettuce is extremely popular with consumers, with the valerian „but because of its ingredients a typical winter salad“ is, explained Alfred Pfister. For example, much of the lamb's lettuce is sold in the winter months, while in the summer months, the marketing goes to zero, said Pfister. Around one third of the 300 tonnes that are marketed annually in North and South Baden go over the counter in the winter months, although the lamb's lettuce is available all year round. In terms of a balanced diet, the consumption of fresh greens in winter is particularly recommended and given the fact that other local vegetables in the cold season in this country are rather scarce, the lamb's lettuce in this respect in the opinion of the experts is of particular importance. The fact that lamb's lettuce also acts as a home remedy for winter depression is, in the interests of consumers, an extremely pleasing side effect. (Fp)

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