The organization suggests that people with arthritis try cutting
nightshade vegetables from their diets for two weeks to see if symptoms improve.
If you have an autoimmune disease, it's best to stay on the safe side, and remove *
nightshade vegetables from your diet.
Not exact matches
If you haven't already experimented with removing common food irritants such as gluten, dairy, soy, eggs,
nightshade vegetables, beans, or grains
from your diet, it's definitely worth a try.
Her latest book, Paleo Cooking
From Elana's Pantry: Gluten - Free, Grain - Free, Dairy - Free Recipes features almost 100 family friendly recipes that focus on lean proteins, simple
vegetable dishes, and classic desserts, all made without grains, gluten, beans, legumes, dairy, and
nightshades.
As a result, only the cooking water
from organic root
vegetables (carrots, turnips, potatoes, parsnips, and beets), organic squash (including zucchini), and organic
vegetables from the lily (onions, leeks, and garlic) and
nightshades (tomatoes, eggplant and peppers) families can safely be used.
The Root Cause Autoimmune Plan is compliant with the strictest phase of the Elimination Diet and is free
from grains, beans, legumes, dairy, eggs, nuts, seeds, and
nightshade vegetables.
Just be aware that french fries are made
from potatoes, which are
nightshade vegetables.
Tomatoes are sometimes mistaken as
vegetables, but they are actually fruits
from the
nightshade family.
I'm focusing on what will nourish me which is: grassfed or pastured meat, wild caught fish,
vegetables (except
nightshades), fresh herbs, things derived
from coconut, fruit (except bananas & pineapple which my IGg tests showed reactions to) and unrefined sugar like maple syrup or honey.
I steam «Normandy
vegetables»
from Costco which is broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and yellow peppers (I throw out the yellow peppers since they're a
nightshade).
Vegetables — All but
nightshades (no tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, eggplant, and any spices
from seeds and chilis) are allowed.
From cruciferous
vegetables like broccoli to
nightshades like white potato, you will discover the clever ways in which each
vegetable family protects itself in the world, and how its specialized defensive chemicals affect your body.
If anything,
vegetables and fruits
from the
nightshade family are some of the healthiest foods on the planet which offer ant - inflammatory benefits, rare antioxidants, amazing benefits to the heart (see Dr. Greger's videos on tomatoes), natural sun protection due to antioxidant content, etc..
Interestingly, I found out through some digging through research that a high intake of vitamin K2
from things like grass - fed butter (and grass - fed cream and cheese), organ meats, and certain fermented veggies (krauts or kimchi) can counteract any calcification effects of the toxins that are in
nightshade vegetables.
People with arthritis may benefit
from nightshades, although some people may have sensitivities to certain
vegetables.
Many natural health experts advise eliminating wheat, rice, corn, soy, grains, processed sugar and
nightshade vegetables (tomatoes, peppers and eggplants)
from the diet.
Perhaps the most powerful thing you can do for arthritis is a simple cleanse
from the major food allergens known to trigger arthritis e.g. gluten grains (wheat, oats, barley, rye, spelt, kamut) and
nightshade vegetables (potatoes, eggplant, tomatoes, bell peppers).