Brussels sprouts 'overdose' hospitalised man at Christmas, report reveals (BBC)

[eppur_se_muova]

A man from Ayrshire had to be hospitalised after eating too many Brussels sprouts last Christmas, it has emerged.

The traditional Christmas vegetable contain lots of vitamin K which promotes blood clotting.

However, this counteracted the effect of anticoagulants the man was taking because he had a mechanical heart.

Doctors at the Golden Jubilee Hospital in Clydebank eventually realised too many sprouts were to blame.

The case was reported in a festive edition of the Medical Journal of Australia.
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I didn't know Brussels Sprouts were associated with the holiday. Besides, isn't coal cheaper ?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. How could anybody eat TOO MANY of those damned things?

IMO, one Brussels sprout is too many.

[bunnies]

3. Blasphemy!

Do not deny the fantastical yummyness of the almighty brussels sprout!

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Blech. They taste and smell like rotting garbage.

[bunnies]

6. ever try em roasted?

yummmm.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

7. Yes. I hated them when I was a kid, thought I'd give them another chance.

Tried roasting them. Still hate 'em.

[bunnies]

8. eh. ok. I tried.

More for me.

[kestrel91316]

11. Trim, cut in half, saute a tad in some olive oil along with a little sliced garlic, add a little

water to the pan and cover, let braise several minutes until tender, finish with a splash of balsamic vinegar.

Manna from heaven! You don't know what you're missing.

[marybourg]

9. Steamed just short of tender, tossed with olive oil

and balsamic vinegar and chilled. Yum.

[R. Daneel Olivaw]

10. Perish the thought. I grow them, and they are delicious.

They are great after a frost. Try roasting them with a little garlic butter and olive oil.

[bunnies]

2. Good thing I dont have a mechanical heart! lol

I eat those things by the pound!

[LeftishBrit]

5. It is indeed a traditional part of Christmas dinner in the UK

I like Brussels sprouts myself, though not to the point of overdosing on them; but I am sure that veggie-o-phobic kids will be using this story as ammunition: 'But eating too many greens is DANGEROUS!'

[SheilaT]

12. I'm with the one Brussel sprout is already too

many group. They really stink up the house when cooked. My mother adored them and always fixed them at Thanksgiving and Christmas, and as far as I know, not a single one of us six kids ever eat them.

Meanwhile, the article seems to leave unanswered at least two vital questions: 1. How many did he eat?
2. Had he been warned to limit his consumption of certain foods, like Brussels sprouts?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Hating Brussels sprouts might be a genetic trait.

https://www.23andme.com/health/Bitter-Taste-Perception/

Those of us that find them bitter and unpleasant evidently carry a gene that is responsible for tasting bitterness. If you don't have that gene, Brussels sprouts and similar vegetables don't taste so nasty.

[eppur_se_muova]

14. Yes indeedy ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylthiocarbamide#History
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenylthiocarbamide#Role_in_taste

[HereSince1628]

15. The SO's cousin as replaced heart valves he was warned about greens

related to cabbage family plants...it was hard on him as he loved them and had to give them up

[MineralMan]

16. I have a different issue with Brussels sprouts

If I eat too many of them, my wife refuses to sleep in the same bed with me.

[Nikia]

17. Good to know that it was because of his medical condition

My husband doesn't like them so sometimes I heat up a frozen bag of them for myself and end up eating several servings of them at once. I'd be worried if I could overdose on them.