According to macrobiotic criteria, these vegetables include tomato, eggplant, bell pepper, jalopenos and should be avoided. Cortana has provided me this information:
Any vegetable of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), such as eggplant, peppers (bell peppers, chilli peppers, jalapenos), jalapeños, potatoes tomatoes and, tobacco, which according to the macrobiotic construct of, nutrition are foods to be. avoided nightshade vegetable http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nightshade+vegetable http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nightshade+vegetable nightshade vegetable http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nightshade+vegetable Definition of nightshade vegetable in the Medical Dictionary by The Free Dictionary View on medical-dictionary.the... http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/nightshade+vegetable Preview by Yahoo In Ayurveda, these foods are considered pitta inducing.and can cause inflammation of the body system such as skin rashes, vision problems, and aggravation of inflammatory diseases like arthritis.
