Tomatoes and the nightshade debate

anglyn1

I've never gone on a true elimination diet for nightshades however I have gone through long periods where I just naturally ate very few of them. I've seen no difference in my inflammation levels from the times I was eating few to times I was eating a lot. I have RA so I do notice some foods make things worse for me. Usually an overabundance of carbs. Reducing carbs and artificial sweeteners is the only thing that's made any noticeable difference in my pain levels other than medication of course. I really tried to control things with diet and one fairly low side effect medication but eventually I needed to add a different, scarier medication but in the end it really made a huge difference and I wish I'd have gone that route sooner.

paperpudding

jwoolman5 wrote: »

People are allowed to avoid any food for any reason or no reason at all. It gets tiresome when some folk think they have to trivialize other food choices or shame their friends and family because they don't want to eat nightshades, gluten, sugar, dairy, meat, or whatever.

Why does it matter to anyone if someone else doesn't eat what they eat? If you are preparing a meal, nobody is going to starve if they avoid eating parts of it. I am living proof...

The world is full of foods of all sorts. Foods common in our culture may not even exist in others, and vice versa. No food but water is essential to life. There is no minimum daily requirement for nightshades. Or wheat. Or dairy. Or caraway.

I hate the taste of caraway seeds. Much to my mother's dismay, I carefully picked them out of rye bread before I would eat it. Caraway makes everything taste yuck to me. It's a lonely challenge, since I love rye and it's hard to find rye bread uncontaminated by the dreaded caraway beast.

I really wish someone would decide caraway is a health hazard so there would be more of a market for caraway-free rye bread. I will wait patiently for that day, since I have seen wheat-free and vegan offerings explode in the marketplace (I'm a vegetarian allergic to dairy and egg and get persistent heartburn if I eat wheat too frequently).

Anyway, I'm allowed to be respected as a caraway-avoider, even if the rest of the world doesn't join me.

Not quite sure where this post is coming from.

Yes of course people are allowed to avoid any food they want - I avoid cucumber because I plain old dont like it.

Other people can avoid meat or dairy or palm oil or pork or whatever on ethical or religious grounds.

people can avoid certain foods for medical reasons - coleiac disease, diabetics, allergies etc.

people can state that tomatoes or oranges or whatever are common allergens or common triggers for various diseases eg gout.

was anyone objecting to any of that???


What people cant do without getting objections is make blanket incorrect statements - everyone should avoid gluten, sugar is the devil, nightshades do this unproven thing to everyone etc.