They are the Christmas vegetables that split opinion and now doctors say Brussels sprouts should come with a health warning after a Scotsman was hospitalised by eating them.
The leafy green vegetables contain vitamin K, a chemical the body uses to promote blood clotting, and it counteracts the effects of anticoagulants (blood thinning medication).
The man, from Ayrshire, was prescribed anticoagulants after suffering heart failure last year and his dose was monitored once or twice a week to prevent blood clotting.
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