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Ashley Moran wrote:
> On Mar 01, 2007, at 1:21 pm, Todd Moody wrote:
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>> Um, no. It's not the chemicals added to the tobacco; it's the
>> tobacco. When tobacco is prepared for smoking or chewing, it is
>> first aged and dried, so in that form it is much more concentrated.
>> But the raw stuff will still make you sick. Like potatoes, tobacco
>> is a member of the Solanaceae (nightshade) family. Nicotine is an
>> alkalloid poison that is lethal to humans and other animals in
>> sufficient quantities, and it is present in the raw plant.
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> Raw tomatoes always make me feel strange. Maybe I imagine it though.
> I can eat cooked tomatoes fine. (I don't dislike raw tomato but I
> could happily never eat it again).
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> Also, are peppers a good food? I love ripe peppers and I can't
> imagine them being poisonous or making anyone ill. What I don't know
> is why some contain huge amounts of capsaicin but others are really
> sweet. Were they bred this way separately?
http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=george&dbid=62
As Mark pointed out, the nightshades have been selectively bred for low
solanin content. But they still contain this toxin. I was surprised to
learn that peppers have as much of it as they do.
Todd Moody
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