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Posted 4/9/2017 4:03 PM (GMT 0)
How much is Lyme affected by night shades: potatoes, tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers? Potatoes(white, red, yellow) turn into starch then sugar, I understand, but how about the others?
Posted 4/9/2017 4:14 PM (GMT 0)
Well, sweet mini peppers are not starchy, I eat a lot everyday with no issues.

White potatoes- yes, I avoid them now, bummer. Sweet potatoes are supposedly better, I guess its a better starch than other potatoes..
Posted 4/9/2017 4:36 PM (GMT 0)
There is so much I can't eat. So if it's a vegetable, regardless of whether or not it's a nightshade, I eat it. Maybe not frequently, but I do on occasion. I am sugar and gluten free and almost dairy free so that has to help keep the inflammation down.

At least there are nutrients in the forbidden nightshades. It's not like eating the ears off a chocolate Easter bunny.
Posted 4/9/2017 4:37 PM (GMT 0)
Some find they are rather sensitive to those things and others aren't. I would say that it's best to determine if you have issues with them, as they do provide nutrients.

I think with the sweet potatoes, it has to do with the extra fiber that they provide, which make them a healthier choice.
Posted 4/9/2017 5:26 PM (GMT 0)
I dont remember the complete details , but sweet potatoes are the only potatoes "allowed" on the whole30 version of paleo diet. That diet is about low inflammation health, not weight loss, although the later can happen as a result.

Guess I never heard of people having issues with sweet peppers, and since there not hot, very east to eat.
Posted 4/9/2017 5:52 PM (GMT 0)
I agree with Traveler, that some are sensitive, others not. While my daughter was trying to find ways through diet to relieve her pain (she thought she had fibromyalgia), she read about nightshades and eliminated all of them from her diet, which was very difficult for her due to specific food preferences she'd always had.

She eliminated them for 2 months, that I know of, maybe more. She saw no improvement and stopped eliminating them.
Posted 4/9/2017 7:43 PM (GMT 0)
Sweet potatoes are not nightshades, though distantly related higher up the taxonomic line. They certainly contain more fiber.
Posted 4/9/2017 7:48 PM (GMT 0)
Yum sweet potatoes with stevia and cinnamon
and liquid cocanut oil.
Posted 4/9/2017 7:55 PM (GMT 0)
So what examples of effects do nightshades have on some people? This is new to me, never heard of this issue before.

White potatoes always had some similarity of wheat /gluten heavy meals on me, fullness (but not the gas like gluten does). I figured it was the starch. As stated before, I love peppers and some tomatoes, no ill effects.
Posted 4/9/2017 8:05 PM (GMT 0)
Me too, Astro!

I just know that they are inflammatory. I'll be anxious to also hear of "ill effects."
Posted 4/9/2017 9:15 PM (GMT 0)
I avoided them for ages and then stopped. No difference. I don't know where the idea originally came from that they're inflammatory. If you want to eliminate them for a short period give it a try, but i don't think it's best long term unless you have a definite sensitivity. They're a good source of phytochemicals that are easy to access in our diets and i don't think the evidence against them is strong enough to broadly recommend omitting them.
Posted 4/9/2017 9:16 PM (GMT 0)
Nightshades can contribute to inflammation, but I think it's another case of trial and error and individual tolerances.
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