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by Isabela Visan;staff

When we think about nutritious vegetables, lettuce definitely comes to mind owing to the variety of health benefits it has to offer.

One of the most interesting and probably least known strong points of green lettuce is that it acts as an excellent natural sleeping aid.

When I say lettuce, I mean the traditional Lactuca sativa species, which is usually grown specifically as a vegetable for salad dressings. Although in a lesser amount than other plants in its family (i.e. Lactuca virosa), lettuce contains lactucarium, a substance closely related to opium. Although opium does have a number of toxic effects, which I won’t be addressing in this article, the lactucarium compound differs from opium in this respect, and does wonders in relieving nervousness and tension.