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#257 | MM - Are Nightshade Vegetables Healthy for Everyone?
Short answer: YES.
Longer answer: Some people have digestive vulnerabilities that can be reversed.
Want to tolerate nightshades and build digestive resilience?
Eat More Plants!
In today's Medicinal Monday, we unpack this topic in greater depth and debunk any misconceptions that might be held around nightshades, lectins, and other "inflammatory" vegetables.
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Some highlights from today's MM episode...
- Nightshades are in the Solanaceae family, including plants like belladonna known for having toxic glycoalkaloids
- Potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant are all nightshades, also sometimes feared for their lectin content
- There is zero evidence that glycoalkaloids (or small amounts of natural lectins) have inflammatory effects
- Glycoalkaloids and lectins are phytonutrients that actually have health-promoting benefits (anticancer, immune-boosting, gut resilience, and more)
- Food sensitivities are always due to intestinal dysbiosis, which is reversed by eating MORE plants
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- Join Alter Health on Locals: https://alterhealth.locals.com/
- Cleanse with Us during the next Alter Health Cleanse: https://www.alter.health/cleanse
- Work with us in the Thrive on Plants program: https://www.alter.health/thrive-on-plants
- ATTN Health Practititioners! Learn more and apply to the Plant Based Mind Body Practitioner Program: https://www.alter.health/pbmb-practitioner
Peace and Love.
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