Hello and welcome to Zoe Shores, the bite-sized podcast where we discuss one topic around science

and nutrition.

I'm Jonathan Wolf and today I'm joined by Dr. Will Bulsamitch.

And today's subject is Nightshade Vegetables.

These veggies have gotten a really bad rap.

Some celebrities avoid them, others claim that they make their arthritis worse or they

cause inflammation.

So Will, I don't even know what a Nightshade Vegetable is.

Is this something else I've got to start worrying about or is it just a load of nonsense?

That's exactly what we're going to look at and spoiler alert, our investigation involves

green potatoes.

Green potatoes do go on.

So Will, what are these mysterious sounding Nightshade Vegetables?

So Jonathan Nightshades are plants from a large family of plants called Solonacia and

the group includes more than 2,000 varieties.

The group also includes many common vegetables like tomatoes, peppers, potatoes, eggplant,

which of course you would refer to as an aubergine.

Nightshades are found in plenty of our usual sauces and spices as well with Jonathan.

So classic condiments like ketchup or hot sauce or some of our spices that we often reach

for gar masala and paprika.

And then tobacco, many people don't realize there's also a Nightshade.

So I think no one listening to this podcast is going to be surprised they should give

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