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Not just in late-1700s Europe.

I spent years pursuing a cure for chronic illness, and at one point I crossed paths with a homeopath of sorts. Among other things, she gave me a fairly strict diet, and I still remember one sentence: "No tomatoes. They're poisonous nightshades."

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That’s still a thing among the folks who adhere to a paleo diet: no dairy, no nightshades, no grains, no legumes. I believe the theory is that they are all recent additions to the human diet (Neolithic) and therefore more like to cause problems.

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