Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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So I eat a lot of meat and vegetables. The steak is kind of like an icon for meat in my mind, even though I eat a heck of a lot more than just steak. I can't put a finger on vegetables though... kale? broccoli? carrots? I don't know. What vegetable is your icon for vegetables?

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Dan · Answer 1 · 2012-08-03 21:35:14Z UTC

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Broccoli is the vegetable mascot, whereas Kale is the brains behind the operation.

answered Aug 3 at 21:35

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Lol at broccoli being just a pretty face. – InTheory Aug 4 at 0:33

More Butter Please · Answer 2 · 2012-08-04 06:15:53Z UTC

Broccoli is my iconic vegetable. I know kale is more nutritious, and I do love it, but broccoli is the one vegetable I could eat pretty much every single day and never get sick of it. A medium rare rib-eye steak and steamed broccoli with butter is one meal I'll always be in the mood for.

AnarchyCaveman · Answer 3 · 2012-08-03 21:30:58Z UTC

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Lacinato Kale! Aka dinosaur kale.

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Celton · Answer 4 · 2012-08-03 22:38:26Z UTC

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Why so much support for kale? Anybody else feel that kale is just inedible grass? I vote broccoli.

answered Aug 3 at 22:38

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highest nutritional value – tj Aug 3 at 23:19

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HERESY!!! ALL HAIL THE KALE GOD!!! Erm... sorry about that, but evangelism is one of the hallmarks of modern religion and kale deserves worship. ;) – Varelse Aug 3 at 23:23

But how much nutrition is in care vs toxins? How much is actually available upon processing? – Celton Aug 3 at 23:26

The goitrogenic compounds are pretty much taken care of by cooking, just as with broccoli and the other brassica veggies. The calcium in kale is much more easily absorbed than the calcium from dairy. The rest I don't remember specifics on, but those two points stood out. – Varelse Aug 5 at 2:20

JayJay · Answer 5 · 2012-08-04 02:36:36Z UTC

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Is eggs a vegetable? I vote eggs. http://high-fat-nutrition.blogspot.com/2012/03/fruit-and-vegetables.html

answered Aug 4 at 2:36

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Arrr matey everone knows eggs be a fruit. – thhq Mar 6 at 2:53

Korion · Answer 6 · 2012-08-03 21:05:13Z UTC

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I think kale is probably the king of all veggies, but I would definitely not pick steak as the icon of meat, the other parts of the animals are so much cooler :D.

answered Aug 3 at 21:05

Korion
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I pick pulled pork/carnitas as the icon of meat (ummm, I guess unless you keep kosher), but maybe that's just me. I could hardly care less about steak. :) oh yeah, and I think kale is borderline magical. – blueballoon Aug 3 at 23:14

Diane · Answer 7 · 2012-08-03 23:01:50Z UTC

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Broccoli and Swiss chard.

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victrix · Answer 8 · 2012-08-04 19:32:43Z UTC

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And I can't believe nobody mentioned brussels sprouts. Broccoli and lettuce are close behind though.

answered Aug 4 at 19:32

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Love brussel sprouts. But they make me fart a lot lol – Gio Aug 4 at 20:29

TruthinessInc · Answer 9 · 2013-03-06 02:52:51Z UTC

"What vegetable defines vegetables for you?"

Potatoes!

I mean leafy greens, carrots and broccoli come as a side salad at most restaurants as a promissory note that the REAL food will soon arrive...but it's free, as in, has no worth...but when you get your steak and there's that beautifully shaped dollop of cloud white potato with its seductive pad of butter melting its way into that whipped silky delight… AND our hearts, I sometimes have trouble deciding which feast for the eyes I'll devour first...

Also, think of Belushi’s example of a zit from Animal House, would his impression of a pimple be anywhere as iconic done with the demon weed known only as, broccoli? I think NOT.

Truth.

Ashley · Answer 10 · 2012-08-05 02:06:07Z UTC

I vote Kale as it is the only vegetable that I can tell makes feel better. I do not get this effect from other vegetables. That's why I vote Kale.

Then Spinach comes a close second for it's ability to adjust my cycles.

Then brussel sprouts and cabbage (liver support, helps me drop water weight for some reason and tastes sweet when cooked properly) and broccoli (iron, I'm a little anemic, and it's easy to cook).

After eating kale and spinach for a while you definitely start to appreciate a dark leafy lettuce (not iceberg). It almost tastes sweet in comparison.

unnqommon · Answer 11 · 2013-03-06 02:21:22Z UTC

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I can't believe nobody has mentioned onions or garlic yet. Onions are number one for me, with garlic a close second. Actually, the original question seems to be what mental image pops into your head when you think of vegetable. In that case i would have to say a cornucopia featuring onions, carrots, and leafy greens.

answered Mar 6 at 2:21

unnqommon
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	Or maybe the chopped salad of red cabbage, onions and kimchi that's steeping in vinegar in the fridge....better and better with age... – thhq Mar 6 at 2:51
	Kale sautéed with onions and garlic. Mmmm-mmm! – January Mar 6 at 8:10

vince5sand3s · Answer 12 · 2013-03-06 03:49:29Z UTC

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carrots, broccoli, spinach sometimes. never heard of this kale...

;P

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BoneBrothFast · Answer 13 · 2012-08-03 20:48:58Z UTC

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Any Brassica vegetable is what I really think of when I think "vegetable."

I consider carrots a fruit honestly, even though botanically they're not.

answered Aug 3 at 20:48

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Roots and tubers are starches and starches are (or can be) sweet. Sweet = fruit. – MiMintzer Aug 3 at 20:56

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The botanical definition of a fruit is a ripened plant ovary, not "sweet." – John Sorrentino Aug 3 at 22:02

You're preaching to the choir John. And yet here the ancestral eating community stands with very few foods apart from fruit to get that sweet taste. – BoneBrothFast Aug 3 at 22:39

I didn't mean that roots and tubers were fruits, just that fruit is commonly associated with being sweet tasting. I guess that doesn't really work for lemons, though. – MiMintzer Aug 3 at 23:12

It depends. After 6 weeks of zero-carbing lemons tasted sweet to me :) – Korion Aug 4 at 19:54

Christopher Gagnon · Answer 14 · 2012-08-04 00:21:49Z UTC

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I have to agree with kale and broccoli. Unfortunately, I rarely eat either of them, and have difficulty finding ways to prepare them that I truly enjoy. But I can never quite ignore their stellar nutrition profiles. If I had to pick just one vegetable to sustain myself, I guess it would be kale.

answered Aug 4 at 0:21

Christopher Gagnon
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If I had to pick just one vegetable to sustain myself, I would pick beef. – RaiseFitness Aug 4 at 0:38

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@RasieFitness: In that case, the vegetable is grass! – Christopher Gagnon Aug 4 at 1:02

Have you tried your kale in a chicken broth-based soup? I love kale in all its incarnations, but that is my favorite way and a lot of people who aren't big fans of it seem to like it better when it's all chicken-y. :) – Varelse Aug 4 at 19:36

Maria · Answer 15 · 2012-08-04 01:40:00Z UTC

Adding to the chorus of "broccoli." I don't know how broccoli came to be the iconic vegetable for me (especially since I didn't eat it from age 6-21). Lettuce is a close second though.

Although for "meat," I would pick chicken, but that's just because it's the meat I eat the most often I guess. My favorite part of meat is the skin (is that weird?), so I go for things like poultry and fish rather than beef. I could eat salmon skin all day.

thhq · Answer 16 · 2013-03-06 02:49:45Z UTC

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The whole family of cole vegetables...brassica?...from cabbage to broccoli to Brussels sprouts.

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paleo12 · Answer 17 · 2013-03-06 02:51:36Z UTC

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Ummm beats obviously.

I just ate warm beets cooked in balsalmic and butter. Then poured it over a salad of romaine, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, and asparagus tips. It was delicious. I also had egg yolk in the salad dressing. I started eating the salad then just poured the cooked beats on top when half the salad was gone.

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answered Mar 6 at 2:38

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	and why is every one married to kale? romaine has more usable calcium. not to mention vegetables cover tubers(potatoes, poi, yucca), roots(carrots), shoots(asparagus), bulbs(onion),and even some fruits (cucumber, zucchini. squash, tomatoes) – paleo12 Mar 6 at 2:48
	kale, broccoli, and brussel sprouts are all just hybrids of the same plant. – paleo12 Mar 6 at 2:51

cocobanana · Answer 18 · 2013-03-06 03:01:36Z UTC

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Broccoli and spinach. Brussel sprouts are also good.

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Myth · Answer 19 · 2013-03-06 09:31:30Z UTC

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Onions...oh man. And broccoli. I can grill or bake up a few whole onions and just chow down. Or sauteed in butter over steak. Hallelujah. I haven't a clue how to use kale...that stuff scares me.

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