Inflammation? Avoid nightshades

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Substitute cheap nightshades with healthy foods

There is a term, “deadly nightshade,” that refers to a plant called belladonna, which was used as a poison in ancient times.

The Latin name for this family of plants is Solanaceae, because all of plants in this group produce an alkaloid compound called solanine.

Solanine is concentrated in the leaves and stems, which is one of the reasons we avoid eating those parts of the plants. It is a chemical that can cause symptoms of poisoning in humans if ingested in large quantities or in small quantities if a person is sensitive to it.

I eat nightshades in junk food, and I'm not sick!

A big salad of tomato or potato leaves might contain enough solanine to give us an upset stomach or a nice case of death.

Perhaps people have heard that potatoes with sprouting eyes are poisonous. That’s because potatoes that have started to sprout or have developed a greenish tint to their skins are often higher in solanine. It’s best to avoid eating them.

They are inflammatory. Who knew? Lesser known are the commonly eaten vegetables in the same nightshade family. They aren’t usually deadly.

But they contain enough toxins to cause inflammation in some people, particularly those with an autoimmune disease. More

Dr. Steven Gundry says stay away from them, but Dr. Joel Wallach (criticalhealthnews.com) thinks some of them are fine eaten in certain ways. Avoid the skin and seeds.