Are you eating cruficerous veggies?

pinkrose · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:18 pm

I am posting this because of Jeff Novick's recent posts about the benefits of these.

See

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruciferous_vegetables

from the above cited article:

"Widely considered to be healthy foods, they are high in vitamin C and soluble fibre and contain multiple nutrients and phytochemicals with potential anticancer properties: diindolylmethane, sulforaphane and selenium. Both diindolylmethane, sulforaphane, and many other sharp-tasting substances in these vegetables are produced from substances called glucosinolates."

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blue · **Joined:** Wed Nov 30, 2011 12:49 pm **Posts:** 347

Maybe not everyday, but at least 4-5 days a week I have 8 oz of frozen broccoli for an afternoon snak

patty · **Joined:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:46 am **Posts:** 2285

I have shredded cabbage pretty much everyday as part of my salads. When i have them, I enjoy baby bok choy, choi sum and other green leafy vegetables. I eat a variety of other vegetables.

Aloha, patty

Gramma Jackie · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 4:53 pm

I eat a lot of broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage and sometimes brussel sprouts. I have hypothyroidism and I know some people think that those foods will affect thyroid hormone uptake, but my endocrinolgist never said I should stop eating them and my thyroid levels have been OK for years.

Martin68 · **Joined:** Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:50 pm **Posts:** 25

Most days, usually Brussels sprouts.

stoumi · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 5:41 pm

I don't, but I could easily incorporate into the salad I eat daily.

f1jim · **Posted:** Tue Mar 20, 2012 6:07 pm

Cruciferous veggies are a staple for me.
f1jim

Knut · **Joined:** Sat Jan 07, 2012 10:46 pm **Posts:** 322

So far just cabbage several times a week. 50 years of bad programming to overcome. Working on it... slowly....

Katydid · **Joined:** Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:30 am **Posts:** 2622

Today I had turnip greens, broccoli, brussel sprouts and kale (among other veggies).
Kate

TerriT · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:03 am

Not every day, but we eat them a lot. Broccoli is my favourite vegetable. I had it with supper last night and the night before. Tonight we'll be having brussels sprouts or cauliflower and we like cabbage too.

I don't like them raw though.

kate68 · **Joined:** Mon Jan 16, 2012 8:34 am **Posts:** 35

Cabbage is my default vegetable - I eat it at least a couple times a day and never get tired of it!

patty · **Joined:** Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:46 am **Posts:** 2285

What I found out is with cabbage I can shred enough of it to put in a container for a week. And I do this with carrots, and use both on a bed of lettuce. Kale and other green leafy vegetables can be shredded too. A salad with a fat free dressing beside a nuked potato, I am a happy camper.

My urinary tract seems to love salads with raw vegetables. When I was eating a lot of soups with leafy greens, and spices like cumin I irritated my bladder. Now I enjoy leafy greens but not to excess.

Aloha, patty

Chumly · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2012 8:36 am

I don't eat cruciferous vegetables every day, but most days I do. Usually collards, cabbage, kale, broccoli or cauliflower.

Michael

veganjen · **Joined:** Tue Feb 21, 2012 1:00 pm **Posts:** 211

I eat a lot of cold, shredded cabbage with other veggies chopped up then add my mustard dressing...my own version of coleslaw. It fills me up for a long time and I like the crunch and it satisfies my need to chew.

pinkrose · **Posted:** Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:53 pm

I eat broccoli and cauliflower daily and I also like green cabbage and purple cabbage. My guess is that these also help with weight management since they are quite satisfying! :-D

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