Health Check: what are nightshade vegetables and are they bad for you?
- Written by Duane Mellor, Senior Lecturer in Human Nutrition, Coventry University
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If you get your health news from blogs such as Goop and Dr Oz, you might be led to believe a certain group of vegetables called “nightshade vegetables” are bad for you.
The theory goes that members of the plant family Solanaceae, which includes tomatoes, capsicums,...
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