Should you be avoiding nightshades?

Update: 2024-11-12

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Why are people with arthritis being told to stop eating potatoes, tomatoes and egg plants?

Vegetables in the nightshade family have been under scrutiny for decades, but the fad of cutting them out of our diets has seen a recent resurgence.

Norman and Tegan investigate where all this shade comes from, and whether there's any evidence to support it.

References:

Deadly Nightshade: A Botanical Biography
Flavonoids, alkaloids and saponins: are these plant-derived compounds an alternative to the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis? A literature review
Risk assessment of glycoalkaloids in feed and food, in particular in potatoes and potato-derived products
α-Solanine attenuates chondrocyte pyroptosis to improve osteoarthritis via suppressing NF-κB pathway
Antioxidants in Potatoes: A Functional View on One of the Major Food Crops Worldwide

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