Scientists finally figured out why tomatoes don’t kill you
Scientists finally figured out why tomatoes don’t kill you
by Vailhem
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NPKzone8a
>>”The results revealed that the same chemicals that cause tomatoes to ripen into redder, softer, and sweeter fruits also work to break down poisonous glycoalkaloids into the less toxic esculeoside A compound.”
Interesting! I wonder about the implications of this for the practice of eating green tomatoes in dishes such as “fried green tomatoes.”
Edit to add:
Further into the article, my question was answered:
>>”But as tomatoes continue to grow larger, redder, and sweeter, they also exhibit increasingly lower levels of steroidal glycoalkaloid genes. This is how even green tomatoes can be fried and enjoyed, free from fear of death by those mythic “poison apples.”
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>>”The results revealed that the same chemicals that cause tomatoes to ripen into redder, softer, and sweeter fruits also work to break down poisonous glycoalkaloids into the less toxic esculeoside A compound.”
Interesting! I wonder about the implications of this for the practice of eating green tomatoes in dishes such as “fried green tomatoes.”
Edit to add:
Further into the article, my question was answered:
>>”But as tomatoes continue to grow larger, redder, and sweeter, they also exhibit increasingly lower levels of steroidal glycoalkaloid genes. This is how even green tomatoes can be fried and enjoyed, free from fear of death by those mythic “poison apples.”