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Is lettuce allowed on the Tayyibat diet?

No

No. Dr. Al-Awadi excluded this food himself.

Lettuce, not allowed on the Tayyibat diet

Why lettuce is off the list

The salad everyone calls healthy passes through you mostly undigested. Your gut does all the work and gets almost nothing back.

The detail

Bulk that passes through largely undigested, delivering little for the work it costs.

The rule behind the verdict

Too much water

Did the doctor say this himself?

He ruled on this himself.

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Vegetables · Leaves and salad

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