Why does broccoli suddenly tear my stomach apart!
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March 30th, 2010
I love broccoli more than PRACTICALLY ANYTHING. I used to eat a head of it for dinner if I felt the urge. It is so good. For the first 20 years of my life, it was my staple food. I ate it more than probably anything else! Often, too.
Anyhow, I moved from Pennsylvania to Colorado in January and since then, if I eat more than 4 or 5 pieces of broccoli, I feel like I’m dying. I get so bloated its unbearable. It ruins my night and I can barely function because it feels like someone has just kicked me in the gut. So am I to believe that the move or the altitude has made my stomach more sensitive to certain things?
Also, after downing a meal of chinese food last night which was spicy and included an average amount of broccoli (I probably ate 8 or 9 pieces?) I, for the first time in my life, experienced heart burn. It kept me up all night and it was awful. As soon as I laid down it came back. I don’t know how people deal with it.
So, anyhow, whats the correlation? Is there are rhyme or reason to this or is it simply that suddenly broccoli is tough on my stomach?
HELP! I MISS IT.
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I think this is probably a question for your doctor. There are products available over the counter (Prilosec, etc) but you should probably get checked out before starting anything on your own.
I’ve found broccoli listed on a complex carbohydrate intolerance list, but I don’t know how legit this is – it seems to be sponsored by Beano
Maybe CO broccoli is treated with insecticides the PA broccoli wasn’t?
(this is assuming you’re ingesting locally grown broc.)
@FutureMemory I buy organic and locally grown sometimes but not all the time. It’s like 3x as expensive! And I doubt the broccoli that is in chinese food out here is much different than the chinese food broccoli back home, yknow?
Altitude of Colorado plays a factor in your gas. Broccoli is a gas producer and at higher altitudes the gas expands and really can make for an uncomfortable feeling.
edit…I am not kidding about this. I had to make some changes when I moved to Denver and that is only 5,000 ft. If you’re higher up it’s worse. Just got to the grocery and look at the potato chip bags that a produced at sea level….all fat and bloated aren’t they?
They’re not called spears for nothing!
@syz it may be sponsored by beano, but that is what I would use. If a Dr. doesn’t find any other cause anyway.
Could it be the chinese you were eating with the broccoli? Maybe you hadn’t had it in a while and your body had changed, or maybe if you have it all the time, it was different than usual.
Wow, that is strange. I have heard of this happening with cauliflower but never broccoli.
We are kindred spirits, I looooove broccoli too. When my partner is feeling romantic and generous, he saves broccoli from his meals at restaurants for me when we go out to eat.
It’s because Broccoli is the devils food!
@Rachienz LOL that is so cute. my boyfriend tries to steal my broccoli sometimes and i just look at him very sternly like “are you serious?” and i don’t budge until he backs off.
@deni – have things improved any? Can you eat it again? Have you talked to a doctor about why this may be happening?
you know i had brocolli a few times but i took a zantac before i ate it and i was fine. i had it a few more times after that and it didnt bother me…so maybe i just have to make sure that i dont eat a whole head of it…
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