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On Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:26:35 -0600, Paleo Phil <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Yeah, I don't go entirely by the Old World / New World thing myself, so I
> understand that. Some New World foods appear to be healthy, but the
> nightshades apparently were toxic and then bred to be less so, according
> to what Todd posted.
I'd never heard that about tomatoes. The *plant* (leaves, stems, roots)
is toxic, but the fruit isn't. As far as I know, the selective breeding
that has been done on tomatoes was to increase the size and number or
variety of fruits, not to detoxify.
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Robert Kesterson
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