Why Broccoli Is Always The Answer

I can imagine most of you rolling your eyes, and thinking, Broccoli is not your thing. If you’re ready to skip this article, hear me out first. I’ll be honest- as a kid I HATED broccoli. Despised it, would not touch it, and could not be bribed to have it either. And suddenly, 20 years later, I eat it almost daily. I crave it if there’s been a long gap, and my first worry during the COVID-19 lockdown was, what if the broccoli supply gets cut off and states seal off borders. While America hoarded toilet paper,  yours truly froze bags of broccoli florets. 

But trust me, there’s a reason behind what might seem like insanity to you. When I made a switch to this plant-based life, I realized I needed to pick a vegetable that I would stick with regularly, that did not have a very strong taste, and that would have a bunch of benefits to my body.  

What Are The Benefits Of Broccoli?

Broccoli may not be a favorite vegetable for many, but it has a crazy number of beneficial properties for your entire body. It is a cruciferous green, which makes it a powerhouse vegetable to fight numerous diseases. It is known that broccoli has more Vitamin C in comparison to orange, this cruciferous veggie provides a whopping 132 mg of vitamin C plus a punch of filling fiber for just 30 calories per serving. It also has a good amount of calcium. It contains components that fight deadly diseases like cancer.

Your heart problems are reduced and the chances of heart diseases slope down to minimal. In fact, I danced around with gloating rights when a leading immunologist from a leading New York hospital said in her interview that while there may be no food that has COVID-19 immunity, broccoli is the closest thing we’ve got to building our general Immunity right now. So perhaps it’s time you stocked up on these magical florets too?

 It builds your immune system due to the presence of both zinc and vitamin C, and other required minerals. It should be considered as a boon for women because it contains folic acid. It is great for asthma patients, people with auto-immune diseases, and for balancing your gut and hormones- all due to its anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory factors. 

How Do You Trick Yourself To Make Broccoli Taste Good?

I can go on, but I’ve noticed most people aren’t still enjoying broccoli in ways they truly can. I’m sharing the secret that no one is telling you- when you’re first starting out, you need to douse broccoli in whatever sauce that suits your palette first, and soon your brain will start associating broccoli with your favorite meal. Here’s what I mean- Suppose your favorite dish is paneer makhani/pesto pasta/chicken in black bean sauce/Thai curry. Take that exact curry, remove the chicken, paneer, or pasta, and put lots of broccoli in it. You can check out 3 ways to make broccoli taste really good by clicking here.

Serve yourself a bowl with a grain of your choice, do this on the regular, and slowly your brain will associate your favorite sauce or curry with broccoli.  It might take a while for it to kick in, but this hack to eating veggies works. And once it does become a regular habit, you’ll notice a huge shift in your energy levels, your gut health will change, your hormones will balance out and your lipid profile will be in perfect balance.