There is no doubt that vegetables are good for health. But other things are often added to salads, which will make the calories of salads rise rapidly.
Take a Caesar salad as an example. Bacon in it is equivalent to 8 grams of fat (360 kilojoules), Parmesan cheese is equivalent to 6 grams of fat (340 kilojoules), and cream salad dressing sprinkled on it is equivalent to 22 grams of fat (770 kilojoules) [1]. Coupled with croutons, a Caesar salad provides a normal adult's daily fat intake!
In addition, surprisingly, some salty condiments in our life often contain a lot of sugar, so the calories are not low. For example, every 20 ml of tomato sauce, barbecue sauce and honey mustard contains 1 to 2 teaspoons of sugar [2].
Therefore, it should be noted that adding sauces, sauces, gravy and high-fat foods to salads will increase the calories of salads and make seemingly healthy salads no longer healthy.