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Forum DIET & CARE Same Veggie – Different Types

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    • Eucalyptus
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        If someone is feeding multiple types of the “same” veggie, does it count as multiple veggies? For example, if someone was feeding romaine lettuce, green leak, red leaf, oak leaf, and artisan lettuce, would you say that they’re feeding 5 different veggies? Or lemon basil, thai basil, italian basil, etc. Or peppermint, spearmint, lemon mint, curly mint, etc.

        Just a thought that I had. In your opinion, is it one veggie, or each one is an individual veggie?


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          If I remember correctly if you check the nutrient and calory count on (for example) all the different lettuces you listed they are all different. There is quite a difference between Iceburg, all the way up through others to I think Romaine. Likewise there are major differences in what is in each type of mint. A green pepper has very little nutritional value, while red pepper has a lot to offer, and yellow and orange are in between. So no I don’t consider them the same.


        • Elrohwen
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            Personally, I sort of count different varieties of lettuce as different, but not really. In my house, I have a picky rabbit who only eats lettuce and parsley. Since he eats a lot of lettuce, I try to buy different varieties, but I do think they’re pretty much the same. With a rabbit who would eat a variety of greens, I would make an effort to get completely different types of veggies.

            Not sure what the “official” answer is, but in general two types of lettuce are going to be much closer nutritionally than, say, lettuce and kale or something.


          • MoveDiagonally
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              For me it depends on the specifics of what we’re talking about.

              I’ve been reading a lot of nutritional data lately. For the most part all the lettuces seem to be similar in the specific nutrient/minerals they offer but vary in amount and calories. Romaine seems to be one of the best nutritionally speaking while most other lettuces just look like watered down versions of it. Romaine is lower in calories than some other options though. I used to count my lettuces as separate veggies, nowadays I count them all as 1 type with very few exceptions.

              Spearmint and Peppermint are different enough that I count them separately.

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