Thank you, Ray.

I have always thought that the nightshade (alkaloids) in potatoes was 
also a very deleterious component. I remember reading that, when cooked 
like a potato chip, the nightshade (usually concentrating in the skin) 
would turn bright green (and clearly visible today in most bags of 
chips). But even boiled or cooked by other means, the nightshade is 
still there, albeit reduced after cooking. I have avoided all of the 
nightshade vegetables for some years now and haven't missed them a bit. 
It is reminiscent of the current discussion on peanuts - another food 
(legumes) that I avoid due to the antinutritional components. I'm no 
perfectionist (or expert) when it comes to nutrition, but I figure "why 
take chances?" on questionable foods.

-=mark=-

On 3/1/12 4:19 PM, Ray Audette wrote:
> Potatoes are not healthy to even the Incas.
> Acrlyamides inherent in potatoes insured a very short life span due to very high cancer rates.
> The high glycemic value of this staple also produced very high rates of heart disease.
> The lectins contained in these tubers (that draw vitamin A out of the body) resulted in the highest blindness rates in the world.
> When the Inca conquered new people the surrender ceremony consisted of forcing their new slaves to eat potatoes.
> Potatoes are, indeed, very profitable!
> They are what financed McDonald's rapid growth.
> Even today the beef is a "lost leader" ( sold at a loss)  to sell fries and corn fructose soda.
> Thus McDonald's a very good place for bargain hamburgers ( I always feed the buns to the birds).
>
> The hamburger ( mostly grass-fed imported beef) sold in fast food restaurants is also higher in Omega 3 fatty acids that the ground beef sold in super markets.
> I'm lovin It!
>
> Ray Audette
> NeanderThin
> The English did the same to the Irish just as the Romans used bread and wine to profitably enslave their subjects (thank you Dominus).
>