Careful, nightshade! Tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant, Bulgarian pepper...

Does your family love tomato and cucumber salad? Probably, yes. We are happy to eat tomatoes and potatoes almost every day, prepare aromatic dishes from eggplant and Bulgarian pepper in the season, often buy chili pepper, because we have heard about its beneficial properties. You might be surprised to learn that only 300 years ago our ancestors knew nothing about these foods.

Not all vegetables are really good for us. This is not about nitrates and pesticides that can accumulate in plants and root crops. The fact is that absolutely all plants from the nightshade family contain narcotic and drug-like componentsThey affect the body in unpredictable ways. Naturopaths and vegetable growers seriously suggest that these plants were brought to our lands from America for a reason!




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The family of nightshade, what is so harmful contain nightshade? First, it's the alkaloid solanine. Solanine is a neurotransmitter. It affects the nervous system and can cause insomnia, nervousness, headache and joint pain, provoke gastric colic and cardiac arrhythmia. Solanine provokes a depressive state, and also worsens the thyroid gland.



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Does that sound scary? Well, it makes sense: if you think about it, it's tobacco that contains nicotineIt is closely related to our favorite vegetables. Mostly nicotine is contained in the leaves and stems of tobacco (concentration in dry leaf - 0.3 to 5% by weight). But what was my surprise when I learned that it is also found in tomatoes, potatoes, eggplant and green pepper. In smaller numbers, but still...

About the negative effects of tobacco use, we know a lot, but about the fact that the constant use of nightshade in food causes diseases, unfortunately, no one explains. By the way, bleach They are also known relatives of the nightshade family.





DepositPhotos Also All nightshade They contain calcitriol. This is the active form of vitamin D. Calcitriol increases the absorption of calcium in the intestines from food in too large quantities, there is an increase in the level of calcium in the blood. Calcium accumulates in cartilage, soft tissues, tendons, kidneys and skin. This is the main cause of arthritis and osteoarthritis!





DepositPhotos Founder of the Center for the Study of Arthritis and Nightshade Doctor Norman Childres He became interested in nightshade in 1950. In the process of scientific research, he proved that the disease "diverticulitis" (inflammatory bowel disease) is caused by nightshade. He personally felt how the rejection of nightshade affects the body, and as a result, he created a diet that defeats arthritis! "Night shadows" - this is the name of his most famous work, I recommend reading.





I noticed the nightshade problem in the '50s, when my doctor reported that hot peppers could cause inflammation of the colon. I had surgery. As a vegetable grower, I began to thoroughly research the nightshade family, and also eliminated these foods and tobacco from my diet.

My health problems, including arthritis, have disappeared. My colleagues noticed that I cured arthritis. They followed my diet! I decided to help other people suffering from similar diseases.”



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A reasonable reader may think that he has learned just another horror story. However, all of this is supported by scientific research. To maintain health, it is necessary to reduce the amount of nightshade in the diet, especially fresh vegetables. Heat treatment Tomatoes and Bulgarian pepper lose almost half of the harmful alkaloids, so it is preferable to cook them rather than eat them raw.



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You should take into account the individual characteristics of your body. With age, the reaction to nightshade in the body increases. In the elderly, people with sore joints, people suffering from arthritis and gout, sensitivity to nightshade is especially high. It is not recommended to saturate the diet of children with these products. If any nervous system problemsNightshade should be avoided! Eliminate nightshade should be from the diet of children with autism to improve the general condition.

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Motivation to give up nightshade It can become a very serious disease. But do not bring your body to a deplorable state! Put all the products on this list – potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, almost all types of pepper – on a par with tobacco. Yes, it is difficult to limit yourself in the usual food, if you grew up on potatoes since childhood. But nothing is impossible! After 3 months of eating without nightshade, you will notice how much better you feel.





All Slavic peoples were practically forced into the diet nightshade! Our ancestors ate turnips, carrots, cabbage, wheat and felt great. Perhaps due to the abundance of vegetables of the nightshade family, there are now so many different diseases. Alkaloids that are part of nightshade, cloud. Maybe Catherine II was just on hand.



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I'm going to show this article to a woman who rejects tomatoes with all her heart. I haven't digested them since I was a kid! Apparently, her body intuitively refused this not the most useful product. Show your friends this interesting article. The basis of our health is nutrition, do not forget!