# Is there any nutritional value in lettuce?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 10, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-nutritional-value-in-lettuce/646803 "2013-01-10T22:22:25Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 14, 2013, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-nutritional-value-in-lettuce/646803/41 "2013-01-14T13:42:54Z")

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> [@DeweyDecibel](#):
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> Arugula, […] watercress, etc are all greens that are […]in the lettuce family.

No, they’re not. They’re in the _cabbage_ family, in fact. And that’s not close to even the same _order_ as lettuce.

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