{"id":49714,"date":"2024-04-02T02:10:52","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T15:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=49714"},"modified":"2024-04-02T02:10:52","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T15:10:52","slug":"are-nightshades-safe-are-they-healthy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=49714","title":{"rendered":"Are Nightshades Safe? Are They Healthy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-49715\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tomatoes_and_Peppers-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Tomatoes and Peppers\" width=\"626\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tomatoes_and_Peppers-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tomatoes_and_Peppers-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Tomatoes_and_Peppers.jpg 911w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A balanced view on the benefits and risks (to some) of nightshades. The one thing it does not mention is that most of the lectin in tomatoes is contained in the skin and seeds, so the Italian way of preparing them by removing the skin and seeds then cooking them seriously reduces the lectin content.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"MiIYjjvug2\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/foodrevolution.org\/blog\/are-nightshades-healthy\/\">Are Nightshades Bad for You?<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Are Nightshades Bad for You?&#8221; &#8212; Food Revolution Network\" src=\"https:\/\/foodrevolution.org\/blog\/are-nightshades-healthy\/embed\/#?secret=9nWsHKpHEs#?secret=MiIYjjvug2\" data-secret=\"MiIYjjvug2\" width=\"525\" height=\"296\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A balanced view on the benefits and risks (to some) of nightshades. The one thing it does not mention is that most of the lectin in tomatoes is contained in the skin and seeds, so the Italian way of preparing them by removing the skin and seeds then cooking them seriously reduces the lectin content. &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=49714\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Are Nightshades Safe? Are They Healthy?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-health-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49716,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49714\/revisions\/49716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}