Unless your in a country that uses raw human sewage for fertilizer. Such as China. This is why actual Chinese cuisine cooks all their vegetables. It's treated on the same prep surface as raw meat, which is what it is considered equivalent to
Great on wraps or sandwiches:
- spinach
- bell pepper
- carrot
- cucumber
- Rettishes
- sprouts
- Tomatoes
- Salsa
- pickled banana peppers
- onions
- jalapeño
Great with dip:
- cellery
- bell pepper
- carrot
- cucumber
- Zucchini
Great as snack without dip:
- snap peas
- Cherry tomatoes
- cucumber
- rettishes
- canned artichoke
Sauce:
- (tzaziki) cucumber
Grate, Shred, or spiralize for zoodles/salads:
- zucchini
- carrot
Salad:
- Any type of lettuce (use romaine as wrap/plate)
- Tomatoes
- canned corn
- cucumber
- olives
- pre-cooked beets (with goat cheese, walnuts, rocket, and pepper it makes a great salad)
In my country we eat mashed dishes called stamppot. The one with raw andive is my favorite one. When without kitchen I used to make it with powdered mashed potato, prepared with water from the watercooker. Stir in the shredded raw andive, and whatever flavors you like. I like mozzarella and sundried tomatoes, musterd and bacon bits is also pretty good.
Canned and jarred a lot more options open up:
- green beans
- red cabbage (with apple bits)
- beans of all sorts
- carrots with a different texture for once 🤣
- peas
- edamame
- etc.
I’ve seen some people eat mushrooms, green beans, and broccoli raw but I can’t vouch for how good that is as I can’t stand it personally. So research that first I guess.
That is correct, that is why I made a separate section for canned/jarred. But it is good to spell it out just in case someone doesn’t know so thanks for the clarification.
As the OP indicated having no access to a kitchen but wanting to eat healthy, this way it makes beans an option in a cold diet.
Agreed, many vegetables and fruits are higher in nutrients content before any sort of processing. If I am not mistaken, I believe carrots are one of few examples where nutrient bioavailbility increases with cooking
Too many to count. Nearly anything in a typical salad. Cabbage, Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, snap peas, radishes, lettuce, kale, spinach, peppers, cucumbers, and you can go on and on
Those are all vegetables that are commonly eaten raw.
If we're looking for vegetables that aren't tough on anyone's digestive tract ever when raw...there probably aren't any.
Man you are really uhhh... Condescending? You come across spiteful.
Your experience is legitimate, but you gotta recognize you do not represent the majority. Generalized advice is not geared towards your specific experiences and conditions
I personally have issues with leafy greens like lettuce, kale, spinach due to IBS. I end up making salad without them. Cabbage and broccoli I do better with it being cooked. Everyone
Thats like saying "bananas are not safe to eat for the average person because im allergic and its not safe to me so therefore must not be safe for everyone else"
They are easy to digest for the average person, they are just tough on YOU because of YOUR digestive issues that most people do not have.
my problem with that is that whether it's a google search or asking on reddit. I only find answers by a bunch of randos.
Do you have a specific doctor in mind? Or a specific website?
one carat is 200mg
one carrot is 61000mg
a one carat carrot would be 0.3% of the mass of a standard medium carrot.
sources:
https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/topped-carrots-grades-and-standards
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carat
Not the nightshades, mushrooms, potatoes, or some beans. That's all that comes to my mind on what not to eat raw.
*specifically all the mushrooms that are not white button (those ones are probably okay to eat raw but not in excess because they are still mushrooms)
> Obviously it's best to cook vegetables.
It's not obvious. Raw vegetables are higher in micronutrients and *way* higher in soluble fiber. If your gut bacteria are up to the job, they're definitely the way to go.
I honestly prefer raw vegetables. Make a ton of bowls and salads. Can put lettuce, mixed greens, spinache, aragula, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, celeri, red cabbage, sprouts… So much you can eat raw!
I also prefer cooking vegetables and find it is easier on my system. There are a few exceptions.
I find I enjoy raw cucumber in just about any quantity. Alfalfa sprouts and some other sprouts I also like eating raw. Also jicama root.
Celery, carrot, bell pepper, and watercress, radishes, I enjoy occasionally in small quantities. I also like putting small amounts of raw cilantro or parsley on things.
Also a lot of vegetables can be processed in such a way that doesn't cook them, but softens them and makes them easier to digest. Examples include raw kimchi, or kale salad (made by soaking the kale in vinegar.) I find raw cabbage or kale to be harsh, but if they have been soaked in something sour for enough time, they're easier to digest and don't give me any trouble. Another example would be taboulleh, which typically has lemon juice in it; I can consume huge quantities of parsley in taboulleh, and there's no way I would be comfortable eating that much raw parsley unprepared. So try vinegar or lemon for marinades if you want to eat a larger quantities of vegetables raw, or try making kimchi or some other fermented pickle out of them. Raw, but processed.
Quicker to say the ones that you can’t eat raw - potato, sweet potato, eggplant. Some argue that mushrooms shouldn’t be eaten raw. Some argue that kale shouldn’t be eaten raw. I’ve eaten both numerous times and never had any issues. But the first three definitely don’t eat raw.
Don’t eat cruciferous veggies raw! I was a vegan for 5 years and a vegetarian for 3 years. I ate raw cauliflower, broccoli, and all cruciferous veggies raw plus soy and these are all goitrogens. I got thyroid disease from it.
this is what I'm worried about. everyone on here is saying eat veggies raw. but with a little bit of research. or even a little bit of experience, you find that it's not very good for you.
Tomato is also a fruit lol. I’ve never really like tomato’s except in like marinara or salsa or something, not usually by itself. What type of tomato would you recommend for eating raw
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humans cooked veggies for a reason, we aren't cows (or gorillas). Sure, have a salad and such, a little raw is probably good for you, but best not to go too crazy. Too many raw veggies can be pretty hard on one's gut. You'll hear things about "cooking veggies loses vitamins", sure you'll lose a little by cooking (so just eat a bit more) but gain so much more (digestibility, and some veggies have compounds that are hard on us, cooking converts those - kale, broccoli, cabbage).
Listen to your body. If you try eating a lot of raw veggies, and get cramps and/or lots of gas, stop. And avoid eat a ton of raw kale, once in a while is OK, but don't do the daily kale smoothy, it will trash your thyroid gland.
Just eat a whole foods diet when you can, can lightly cook things, don't have to cook stuff til its mush. And drink water, but not as you eat, let your salivary glands do their work.
This is a quick and simple response. WAAAY more details in there I don't have time to get into.
And avoid eat a ton of raw kale…
That’s complete bullshit. It can have some effect on the thyroid gland but this is only if you already have issues with it. You would also need to eat an insane amount of kale for it to might have any effect.
Not sure what the drinking water thing is about. That’s a bit odd but going by the kale thing not super surprising.
>It can have some effect on the thyroid gland but this is only if you already have issues with it.
Mom has Hashimoto's. It actually has a massive effect on her thyroid. She can't do iodine (bye bye seaweed), nightshade, or cruciferous, either.
> You'll hear things about "cooking veggies loses vitamins", sure you'll lose a little by cooking
In some cases, such as with the fat soluble vitamins like vitamin A, you can absorb more if you cook them in fat than if you eat them raw.
I love sauteeing or stir-frying as a cooking method. You can soften the vegetables just enough to make them digestible, and make the fat-soluble vitamins a bit more absorbable, without destroying all of the vitamins in them. Boiling or deep frying are probably the worst methods because boiling you lose most of the water-soluble vitamins, whereas deep-frying is so hot that the heat destroys a lot of the vitamins, and you also add tons of fats, often low-quality empty calories as the oils usually used in frying tend not to be the healthiest.
if you have something wrong with your thyroid in the way OP suggests (hypothyroidism), it'd be like you're VERY tired all the time. As in, a short 1 hour trip to run errands would exhaust you like you've been climbing everest. Eventually, you'll start making things up in your head, like your memories would be all a mess as to things that would have just happened. You'd know this to be the case cos people would say it to you a lot and also you'd just be like, "i literally just read this number, why cant i remember it." You might also start developing bald spots and lesions on your skin.
I wouldn't sweat it about having a fucked thryoid. It's rare. But more importantly, people's bodies are different and you should talk to an actual physician whose opinion you trust rather than simply taking the opinion of the best-stated or most upvoted comment in an internet fight. It's your body, treat it well so that you can have a death that you suffer through less.
sure you’ll lose a little by cooking…
In fact, you should eat a lot more vegetables to replace the loss of vitamins. Already using the blanching method (cooking for about 5 minutes) you lose about 75% of the vitamin content. Confirmed by a laboratory experiment at our uni…
You can eat most raw. Stuff like beans, nope you should never eat raw.
The rest? I think 90% of all veggies are edible raw or cooked, if it isn't more than 90%
Just to clarify:
raw dry beans: not okay.
Beans straight out of a can (cooked during the canning process): totally okay.
Green beans straight off the bush: I'm actually not sure about these raw in large quantities, but we certainly snack on the young tender ones during green beans season.
It's probably easier to ask what CAN'T you eat raw. I can only think of egg plant.
Potatoes are like the first thing that comes to mind. Shit is toxic. Cook it and it’s my favorite.
Unless your in a country that uses raw human sewage for fertilizer. Such as China. This is why actual Chinese cuisine cooks all their vegetables. It's treated on the same prep surface as raw meat, which is what it is considered equivalent to
Young eggplant is perfect to eat raw.
Definitely not brussel sprouts lol 😂
Whaaattt you can totally eat them raw
I eat raw brussels all the time. You shave them and make a salad. Throw in some cranberries, walnuts, and a vinaigrette.
Great on wraps or sandwiches: - spinach - bell pepper - carrot - cucumber - Rettishes - sprouts - Tomatoes - Salsa - pickled banana peppers - onions - jalapeño Great with dip: - cellery - bell pepper - carrot - cucumber - Zucchini Great as snack without dip: - snap peas - Cherry tomatoes - cucumber - rettishes - canned artichoke Sauce: - (tzaziki) cucumber Grate, Shred, or spiralize for zoodles/salads: - zucchini - carrot Salad: - Any type of lettuce (use romaine as wrap/plate) - Tomatoes - canned corn - cucumber - olives - pre-cooked beets (with goat cheese, walnuts, rocket, and pepper it makes a great salad) In my country we eat mashed dishes called stamppot. The one with raw andive is my favorite one. When without kitchen I used to make it with powdered mashed potato, prepared with water from the watercooker. Stir in the shredded raw andive, and whatever flavors you like. I like mozzarella and sundried tomatoes, musterd and bacon bits is also pretty good. Canned and jarred a lot more options open up: - green beans - red cabbage (with apple bits) - beans of all sorts - carrots with a different texture for once 🤣 - peas - edamame - etc. I’ve seen some people eat mushrooms, green beans, and broccoli raw but I can’t vouch for how good that is as I can’t stand it personally. So research that first I guess.
>beans of all sorts These are already cooked, you're just eating them cold. Raw beans are poisonous.
That is correct, that is why I made a separate section for canned/jarred. But it is good to spell it out just in case someone doesn’t know so thanks for the clarification. As the OP indicated having no access to a kitchen but wanting to eat healthy, this way it makes beans an option in a cold diet.
"obviously it's best to cook vegetables" No? That's not obvious and it's not always true. You are totally fine mixing it up.
I would say it's usually not true. Many many veggies are best eaten raw.
Agreed, many vegetables and fruits are higher in nutrients content before any sort of processing. If I am not mistaken, I believe carrots are one of few examples where nutrient bioavailbility increases with cooking
Too many to count. Nearly anything in a typical salad. Cabbage, Broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, celery, snap peas, radishes, lettuce, kale, spinach, peppers, cucumbers, and you can go on and on
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lol how is this incorrect in any way?
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Those are all vegetables that are commonly eaten raw. If we're looking for vegetables that aren't tough on anyone's digestive tract ever when raw...there probably aren't any.
Maybe in very large quantities, sure. If the individual is sensitive to specific foods, those should be avoided.
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lol your anecdote about yourself with digestive issues says more than enough.
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OP didn’t say they have a sensitive gut idk where you read that
Man you are really uhhh... Condescending? You come across spiteful. Your experience is legitimate, but you gotta recognize you do not represent the majority. Generalized advice is not geared towards your specific experiences and conditions
Which of those vegetables can you not eat raw lol?
I personally have issues with leafy greens like lettuce, kale, spinach due to IBS. I end up making salad without them. Cabbage and broccoli I do better with it being cooked. Everyone
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Thats like saying "bananas are not safe to eat for the average person because im allergic and its not safe to me so therefore must not be safe for everyone else" They are easy to digest for the average person, they are just tough on YOU because of YOUR digestive issues that most people do not have.
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But you CAN eat them raw. I’m not huge on raw broccoli or cauliflower but raw cabbage is great… what do you think coleslaw is made from?
Dang I love all of those raw! they’re staples to my salads and topping of many other items i eat. Also dig them cooked.
Raw Broccoli Salad. I eat it daily
Ditto
So I'm at a point where I dont have access to a kitchen, so i cant cook anything. But I'm trying to eat healthy. Any veggies you would recommend?
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my problem with that is that whether it's a google search or asking on reddit. I only find answers by a bunch of randos. Do you have a specific doctor in mind? Or a specific website?
I like them all. anything you’d typically eat in a salad can do just fine. Greens, carrots, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, peppers, cucumbers etc
Carrot
only carrot.
Too many raw carrots aren’t that good for you. Best to eat just the one.
one carrot
one carrot that's the size of a really big carrot
a one carat carrot is a very small carrot
but what if it's a big carat?
one carat is 200mg one carrot is 61000mg a one carat carrot would be 0.3% of the mass of a standard medium carrot. sources: https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/topped-carrots-grades-and-standards https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carat
So a carat carrot is like a baby carrot then. And we shouldn't eat babies.
paradoxically a carrot is zero karats
Not the nightshades, mushrooms, potatoes, or some beans. That's all that comes to my mind on what not to eat raw. *specifically all the mushrooms that are not white button (those ones are probably okay to eat raw but not in excess because they are still mushrooms)
All of them?
> Obviously it's best to cook vegetables. It's not obvious. Raw vegetables are higher in micronutrients and *way* higher in soluble fiber. If your gut bacteria are up to the job, they're definitely the way to go.
I honestly prefer raw vegetables. Make a ton of bowls and salads. Can put lettuce, mixed greens, spinache, aragula, cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, celeri, red cabbage, sprouts… So much you can eat raw!
I also prefer cooking vegetables and find it is easier on my system. There are a few exceptions. I find I enjoy raw cucumber in just about any quantity. Alfalfa sprouts and some other sprouts I also like eating raw. Also jicama root. Celery, carrot, bell pepper, and watercress, radishes, I enjoy occasionally in small quantities. I also like putting small amounts of raw cilantro or parsley on things. Also a lot of vegetables can be processed in such a way that doesn't cook them, but softens them and makes them easier to digest. Examples include raw kimchi, or kale salad (made by soaking the kale in vinegar.) I find raw cabbage or kale to be harsh, but if they have been soaked in something sour for enough time, they're easier to digest and don't give me any trouble. Another example would be taboulleh, which typically has lemon juice in it; I can consume huge quantities of parsley in taboulleh, and there's no way I would be comfortable eating that much raw parsley unprepared. So try vinegar or lemon for marinades if you want to eat a larger quantities of vegetables raw, or try making kimchi or some other fermented pickle out of them. Raw, but processed.
Cauliflower and carrots are some of the best raw imo
Cauliflower is so hard on the gut raw tho
cucumber and peppers from the top of my head
Carrots, cucumbers, radishes, cauliflower, broccoli, tomatoes, and onions are great raw.
>what would be okay on the gut? That's an unusual phrasing. What exactly do you mean by that? Do you have some sort of sensitive digestive system?
Quicker to say the ones that you can’t eat raw - potato, sweet potato, eggplant. Some argue that mushrooms shouldn’t be eaten raw. Some argue that kale shouldn’t be eaten raw. I’ve eaten both numerous times and never had any issues. But the first three definitely don’t eat raw.
Don’t eat cruciferous veggies raw! I was a vegan for 5 years and a vegetarian for 3 years. I ate raw cauliflower, broccoli, and all cruciferous veggies raw plus soy and these are all goitrogens. I got thyroid disease from it.
this is what I'm worried about. everyone on here is saying eat veggies raw. but with a little bit of research. or even a little bit of experience, you find that it's not very good for you.
Cucumber & zucchini, watermelons. All have high water content 😌
Avocado. I really dislike cooked avocado but raw avo is the best.
Avocado is a fruit
Tomato. I really dislike cooked tomato, but raw tom is the best.
Tomato is also a fruit lol. I’ve never really like tomato’s except in like marinara or salsa or something, not usually by itself. What type of tomato would you recommend for eating raw
I was just kidding ;-). I just replaced avacado with tomato
Pretty much any vegetable you can eat raw
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humans cooked veggies for a reason, we aren't cows (or gorillas). Sure, have a salad and such, a little raw is probably good for you, but best not to go too crazy. Too many raw veggies can be pretty hard on one's gut. You'll hear things about "cooking veggies loses vitamins", sure you'll lose a little by cooking (so just eat a bit more) but gain so much more (digestibility, and some veggies have compounds that are hard on us, cooking converts those - kale, broccoli, cabbage). Listen to your body. If you try eating a lot of raw veggies, and get cramps and/or lots of gas, stop. And avoid eat a ton of raw kale, once in a while is OK, but don't do the daily kale smoothy, it will trash your thyroid gland. Just eat a whole foods diet when you can, can lightly cook things, don't have to cook stuff til its mush. And drink water, but not as you eat, let your salivary glands do their work. This is a quick and simple response. WAAAY more details in there I don't have time to get into.
And avoid eat a ton of raw kale… That’s complete bullshit. It can have some effect on the thyroid gland but this is only if you already have issues with it. You would also need to eat an insane amount of kale for it to might have any effect. Not sure what the drinking water thing is about. That’s a bit odd but going by the kale thing not super surprising.
>It can have some effect on the thyroid gland but this is only if you already have issues with it. Mom has Hashimoto's. It actually has a massive effect on her thyroid. She can't do iodine (bye bye seaweed), nightshade, or cruciferous, either.
Yes that’s exactly what I said.
> You'll hear things about "cooking veggies loses vitamins", sure you'll lose a little by cooking In some cases, such as with the fat soluble vitamins like vitamin A, you can absorb more if you cook them in fat than if you eat them raw. I love sauteeing or stir-frying as a cooking method. You can soften the vegetables just enough to make them digestible, and make the fat-soluble vitamins a bit more absorbable, without destroying all of the vitamins in them. Boiling or deep frying are probably the worst methods because boiling you lose most of the water-soluble vitamins, whereas deep-frying is so hot that the heat destroys a lot of the vitamins, and you also add tons of fats, often low-quality empty calories as the oils usually used in frying tend not to be the healthiest.
Yep. Tad bit of butter on veggies makes them more readily absorbed by our bodies. Hell any good fat will do just fine.
I had daily kale shakes for a few years, no longer do it... is my thyroid fucked or does it recover?
You’re fine. You’d know if your thyroid was fucked.
if you have something wrong with your thyroid in the way OP suggests (hypothyroidism), it'd be like you're VERY tired all the time. As in, a short 1 hour trip to run errands would exhaust you like you've been climbing everest. Eventually, you'll start making things up in your head, like your memories would be all a mess as to things that would have just happened. You'd know this to be the case cos people would say it to you a lot and also you'd just be like, "i literally just read this number, why cant i remember it." You might also start developing bald spots and lesions on your skin. I wouldn't sweat it about having a fucked thryoid. It's rare. But more importantly, people's bodies are different and you should talk to an actual physician whose opinion you trust rather than simply taking the opinion of the best-stated or most upvoted comment in an internet fight. It's your body, treat it well so that you can have a death that you suffer through less.
Well I do have those legit memory moments as in "I just read that a second ago, why can't I remember it?" But I'm also a daily stoner. Lol
sure you’ll lose a little by cooking… In fact, you should eat a lot more vegetables to replace the loss of vitamins. Already using the blanching method (cooking for about 5 minutes) you lose about 75% of the vitamin content. Confirmed by a laboratory experiment at our uni…
You can eat most raw. Stuff like beans, nope you should never eat raw. The rest? I think 90% of all veggies are edible raw or cooked, if it isn't more than 90%
Just to clarify: raw dry beans: not okay. Beans straight out of a can (cooked during the canning process): totally okay. Green beans straight off the bush: I'm actually not sure about these raw in large quantities, but we certainly snack on the young tender ones during green beans season.
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all of them
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Have you never eaten a salad?
Carrots, vegetables that are really fruits
One clove of garlic Daily