what makes a leaf of lettuce more digestible than other leaves?

Question

It’s clear that our stomachs can’t break down most greenery around us, like ruminants with 4 stomachs can. But what makes one leaf digestible to us and another not?

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Answer 1

Lettuce is mostly water and fiber, we we cant realy digest it. We can not pull energy out of lettuce, that what makes people claim its healthy. There is not much protein, carbs or sugar that we can use in there so its low in calories.