3.16.2009

The Mathematical Vegetable - the Romanesco


Look carefully at this beautiful vegetable...you will see patterns, spirals, and perhaps fractals. The Romanesco is not only beautiful and nutritious, it is also mathematically perfect. What you are looking at is Fibonacci's code. Fibonacci was a mathematician from the 1200's also know as Leonard Pisa. Fibonacci's code is rather simple but complex in that many things on earth and the universe contain it. Fibonacci's code goes like this - The first number of the sequence is 0, the second number is 1, and each subsequent number is equal to the sum of the previous two numbers of the sequence itself, yielding the sequence 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, etc. (Wikipedia). It is perfect in itself and so is everything that contains it. Anything that is spiraled - look at a picture of the galaxy, a daisy, a pine cone, leaves, seeds, and many more. Something this perfect and beautiful was put here for us to consume. Compare this vegetable to the label on a bag of Doritos, Doritos were not put here for us to consume...nothing about them is perfect or good for you. The Romanesco is in the cauliflower family and extremely good for you. Cauliflower, as well as other cruciferous vegetables, such as brussel sprouts and cabbage, contain indole-3-carbinol, a substance that can affect the metabolism of estrogen in the body, and prevent breast and other female cancers. My suggestion is to just eat it raw and put Fibonacci's code and the rest of the galaxy in your stomach!

4 comments:

  1. I am always so happy to read others talking about the benefits of a vegan lifestyle. Main stream media really needs to pick up on what veganism offers! I have found a great way to talk about this on RawPeople http://www.rawpeople.com/?utm_source=A&utm_medium=B&utm_campaign=C

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  2. I've never seen that veggie before but it is so beautiful! If I ever got one, I'd be afraid I would never eat it because I would just be looking at it all the time.

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  3. Very cool veggie! Is that the same as a brocco-flower (cross between broccoli and cauliflower)? I've never seen anything quite like it.

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  4. Theresa and Amy - it only appears in early autumn in your stores. It is not the brocco-flower, it is a veggie all on its' own :) thanks for reading!

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