Do you love tomatoes salad or roasted potatoes but don’t feel energized or even have trouble digesting them after? There is a new trend coming forth about nightshades which might apply to you.
Nightshades are a group of vegetables including peppers, eggplants, potatoes, and tomatoes. These vegetables, though normally healthy, have gotten a bad rap recently about having inflammatory properties. There is some truth and of course an exaggeration to this idea, so let’s explore what’s really going on with these nightshades.
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Some dieticians have announced that the alkaloids found in nightshades are not as easily digested for some folks, comparing it to things like a gluten allergy or being lactose intolerant. For these people, eating nightshades can aggravate inflammation.
However, all these vegetables are high in vitamin C and lycopene, which are two nutrients that can work together to fight inflammation in the body. Nightshades also have a variety of other nutritional benefits such as vitamin K, potassium, and cancer-fighting antioxidants.
At the end of the day, the only way to truly tell if you are sensitive to this food group is by cutting it out of your diet completely. Do this, and keep track of what else you’re eating to narrow down the possibilities of being nightshade-intolerant.
