Cauliflower is a cruciferous plant, which contains special ingredients that will hinder digestion and lead to flatulence. (Photo/Huang Zhiwen) Most of the gas in the stomach is due to eating too fast, or eating while eating, which leads to gas entering the stomach, drinking carbonated drinks such as soda through a straw, or taking too much salt, which leads to water retention in the body, which also easily leads to flatulence.
Cruciferae vegetables
Among the vegetables, the plants belonging to Cruciferae include broccoli, white cauliflower, cabbage, cabbage bud, and other green leafy vegetables including cabbage, kale, watercress, beet leaves and mustard leaves, turnips, radishes, kohlrabi, etc. Vitamin C is abundant, and it is also the main food source of lutein and zeaxanthin, and it is an important nutrient to protect vision health.
Although cauliflower has many benefits, eating too much can easily lead to flatulence. Eating 1 serving of vegetables every day is enough. "raffinose" and the culprit of sulfur's flatulence.
Eating cruciferous plants often can get a lot of nutritional value, but the disadvantage is that it is easy to flatulence, because it contains sulfur and raffinose. As a carbohydrate, raffinose is more difficult to be absorbed by the human body than other kinds of sugar, and when it participates in digestion in the stomach and intestines, it will produce gas, leading to flatulence.
Although cooking can help reduce the influence of these ingredients in cruciferous vegetables, the health benefits of these vegetables are far greater than flatulence. Therefore, as long as the amount of broccoli eaten per meal is controlled, the problem of flatulence can be alleviated.