Comments on Cranky Fitness: Raw Broccoli: Crabby Draws the Line

I love raw broccoli with little olive oil, italian...

2009-08-07T13:18:41.817-04:00

I love raw broccoli with little olive oil, italian seasoning and crushed red pepper- that what I have as an afternoon snack- yummy!

If that is what being healthy means. I'll have a c...

2009-01-29T07:38:00.000-05:00

If that is what being healthy means. I'll have a creamy bun and larger please

Hi Cranky,Hilarious post! I've lost weight and imp...

2009-01-27T23:19:00.000-05:00

Hi Cranky,
Hilarious post! I've lost weight and improved my health astronomically by switching to a whole foods, plant-based diet. I've read all the compelling studies that I can do even better with a raw foods plant-based diet, but I can't do it. Not even for one day! I'm glad I'm not alone for being selective about what I do when it comes to my health.

Thank the food Gods that folks finally can come ou...

2009-01-26T15:58:00.000-05:00

Thank the food Gods that folks finally can come out and say it's now ok to admit that I despise raw broccoli. Remember what happened poor ol' Bush Sr when he confessed? But why do I continue to add a floweret or two of the stuff everytime I'm at the salad bar? Yuck yuck yuck. Never again.

They haven't said we can't have milk in our coffee, have they?

Raw broccoli I can do . . . limiting coffee, when ...

2009-01-26T13:20:00.000-05:00

Raw broccoli I can do . . . limiting coffee, when they come around to this one (as they usually do) no way! I also like to add stuff to my studies. You know, red wine is good for you if you have one class, so I have three, because then it is three times as good for you!

"Sometimes when I don't like the results, I preten...

2009-01-25T23:17:00.000-05:00

"Sometimes when I don't like the results, I pretend I never even read the study." LOL LOL I often build my food plans on denial!! LOve it. And i'm with you on raw broccoli - it needs something (i.e. lots of things) to make it good... even raw i'd have to drown it in ranch dressing and I highly doubt that's what the researchers had in mind! hehe

I recently had what I considered a rather unfortun...

2009-01-25T11:24:00.000-05:00

I recently had what I considered a rather unfortunate cooking mishap with broccoli - I cooked the hell out of it on accident, leaving it steaming (with the heat off, eventually) for about an hour.

It was like a broccoli shaped blob by the time I realized my mistake - it had the shape and color of steamed broccoli, but I could barely get it onto the plate without it "melting". The irony? My kids LOVED it.

If you want to cook the hell out of your broccoli and are worried about the antioxidants, have a handful of blueberries and say "feh" yeah. :)

I'm currently ignoring the study that said women a...

2009-01-24T09:24:00.000-05:00

I'm currently ignoring the study that said women are less able to say no to food than men. Haven't seen the study itself; just read the headlines. But I gotta think there are some problems with it.

As to overcooked broccoli w/ garlic and cheese, you got my number!

usually if i don't like something i'll just throw ...

2009-01-24T08:26:00.000-05:00

usually if i don't like something i'll just throw it into a salad. I put so many different VEGETABLES (i hate the word 'veggie' urrrr.. those vegetables deserve respect!!!) that the stronger tastes usually over power all the weird tasting stuff.

There really isn't any vegetable that i hate, but there are some that taste a little too funky for me, but i'll eat them anyways if it's with something else, or dipped in italian dressing. I just discovered radishes as being a weird taste and i'm not too keen on celery either (for some reason it makes my mouth go numb if i eat too much of it, maybe i'm just eating it wrong, hehe!)

and i've never put milk in my tee, i rather have some poisonous fake sugar, thank you very much, hahaha!

With the all knowing "studies" i usually just pride myself if i already do what they say is good for you, like how you should drink tap water because of the fluoride! yay, i do that! and if i'm doing what they say is bad for me i cut down on it, but usually that only lasts until another study comes out disproving that won!

It's why I always stress the importance of replica...

2009-01-24T08:14:00.000-05:00

It's why I always stress the importance of replicability to my students. Let me rephrase, replication of results by different researchers!

Even though I'm a researcher, it always amazes me that there can be such different results. Really, some of us are still working on eating veggies, so I figure if I get the recommended amount then it won't matter how it gets there! Besides, like you said, there are other ways to get it all in.

Oh, are there studies out there that tell you what...

2009-01-24T02:35:00.000-05:00

Oh, are there studies out there that tell you what to eat?

I am getting better at actually eating veggies, so I am pretty much at the stage where, hey, at least it isn't fries! I confess though to liking my veggies raw more so than cooked.

NO milk in my tea - are you kidding, whoever found...

2009-01-24T00:24:00.000-05:00

NO milk in my tea - are you kidding, whoever found that must surely have been on drugs! Listen Crabby if you get too positive and too uncrabby, you'd probably just become another boring blogger... nah, don't do that to us!

I ignore all kinds of studies... in favour of ones that say what I already believe!

"I'm on doctors orders to NOT eat raw broccoli, ca...

2009-01-23T18:55:00.000-05:00

"I'm on doctors orders to NOT eat raw broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts or cauliflower as they are all "goitrogens" and can cause problems with your thyroid unless you cook out the problem stuff."

Thank you, Charlotte! Justification! Now I have more to point to than mere preference (not that preference isn't enough for me.) I've been a thyroid patient for more than forty years.

Mary Anne in Kentucky

I don't like raw broccoli either. I've read that ...

2009-01-23T16:35:00.000-05:00

I don't like raw broccoli either. I've read that all vegetables are more healthy for you raw, but I don't follow it. :)

Sure I like raw broccoli- dipped in full-fat dress...

2009-01-23T16:12:00.000-05:00

Sure I like raw broccoli- dipped in full-fat dressing! I go with the philosphy that as long as it's not covered in butter/dressing/oil, it's better than the french fries I'd rather be eating!

i try to eat it raw but prefer it cooked. If I'm ...

2009-01-23T15:47:00.000-05:00

i try to eat it raw but prefer it cooked. If I'm going to eat it raw, I need something to dip....salsa does the trick when I need some spice in my day!

I don't much like raw broccoli myself. But then, ...

2009-01-23T15:44:00.000-05:00

I don't much like raw broccoli myself. But then, I don't like the really soft ones either...I cook them until they just turn bright green and are still crunchy. So does that mean that I only have to eat five times as much?

I reheated some cauliflower and leek soup today at work and apparently a bunch of people were asking what the funky smell was in the kitchen. Whoops.

LOL. That was great. I'm big on ignoring anything ...

2009-01-23T14:19:00.000-05:00

LOL. That was great. I'm big on ignoring anything negative about coffee.

Hey, Charlotte, I didn't know that. I have a few ...

2009-01-23T14:17:00.000-05:00

Hey, Charlotte, I didn't know that. I have a few thyroid problems, so I shall definitely file that away for future knowledge. Thanks!

Oh, I LOVE raw broccoli. But I do NOT love the in...

2009-01-23T14:16:00.000-05:00

Oh, I LOVE raw broccoli. But I do NOT love the incredible stomachache that lasts for hours afterward.

(Stomachache. Stomachache. It doesn't even look like a word, suddenly. STOMACHACHE. Wait, what? Oh! A COMMENT! Right.)

But I pretty much ignore the studies. I figure that if my options (in this case) are to eat cooked broccoli or to eat NO broccoli, cooked is probably better. *nods head for emphasis*

I have the same issues with research. Although at...

2009-01-23T14:14:00.000-05:00

I have the same issues with research. Although at the moment I'm on doctors orders to NOT eat raw broccoli, cabbage, brussel sprouts or cauliflower as they are all "goitrogens" and can cause problems with your thyroid unless you cook out the problem stuff. So, you know, add that to your pool of conflicting, arbitrary and useless knowledge;)

Blue potatoes? Huh?I ignore anything I don't want ...

2009-01-23T14:12:00.000-05:00

Blue potatoes? Huh?
I ignore anything I don't want to hear because I know the next study will reverse the findings. So there!

I like broccoli, but once I found (live) bugs in s...

2009-01-23T13:25:00.000-05:00

I like broccoli, but once I found (live) bugs in some of it, so now I refuse to buy it fresh. If someone else has bought it and cut it up and its out on a plate I'll gladly eat it raw- but I can't bring myself to buy it. Isn't that funny?

I liked raw but not cooked spinach for the longest time so I ignored the research that told me cooked spinach is a zillion times better for you. Now I sometimes like it cooked. I feel so virtuous. Haha.

I just pay no attention. Been jerked around by st...

2009-01-23T12:42:00.000-05:00

I just pay no attention. Been jerked around by stupid studies for too long. I have enough trouble getting enough veggies without obsessing over what they look like.

Raw broccoli is okay if you put enough onion dip on it. Or chop it up really small for salads (florets are too big--you're happily crunching along and then you have to eat a whomping big piece of broccoli...:-||). It's even better in salads if you steam it just a little and it looks really pretty.

I pay especial attention to any study that says wi...

2009-01-23T11:27:00.000-05:00

I pay especial attention to any study that says wine or chocolate is good for you.

As far as fruit and veg goes, I figure any type, raw or cooked, is better than none, so I don't worry about it.

Here in the UK there is a particular prepacked salad bag which includes thin batons of brocolli stalk in with lettuce and raw carrot, you can't taste it separately, it just tastes of "salad" so I am happy to eat that. I wouldn't eat a raw brocolli tree on its own though.