Even Healthier: 8 Salad Ingredients That Will Help You Lose Weight

Salad is considered the most summer dish, because it has few calories, and most of the ingredients (and sometimes all) are of plant origin. Salad improves digestion and mood, as vegetables are rich in vitamins and fiber.

Nutritionist Marina Melnikova told what ingredients can be used to make the salad even healthier and lose weight when eating it.

Foods containing protein

It can be an egg, cheese, chicken or turkey pieces. They perfectly saturate and restore energy, and also promote muscle growth (this is especially true for athletes).

Leafy salads

Arugula, romaine, and even ordinary cabbage are sources of vitamins and fiber that promote good metabolism.

Hard vegetables

We are talking about cucumbers, carrots, beets. They, again, are rich in fiber, which means that their use will provide you with a long-lasting feeling of satiety and will not burden you with extra calories.

Vegetable fats

Olive oil, various seeds, walnuts or pine nuts will make your salad more nutritious, but your figure will remain in order after such a meal.

Spices

By adding basil, a mixture of Provence herbs, or at least ordinary dried cilantro to a salad, you will feel how much the taste of the dish has changed, becoming brighter. Aromatic spices also prevent pathogenic microbes from entering the body.

Yogurt

Of course, white, without fillers. It contains probiotics that help improve digestion and absorption of important nutrients needed for weight loss.

Onion

It perfectly destroys microbes and bacteria that enter the digestive organs, and also gives the salad a piquant taste and a slight natural sweetness.

Tomatoes

Tomato has a pronounced diuretic property, which allows you to get rid of excess water in the body. In addition, it is a source of vitamin A, which improves skin condition.