Red peppers, chili peppers, cayenne, whatever you want to call them, CAUSE arthritis. The worst thing arthritis sufferers can do is to eat them, especially during an attack.

Red peppers belong to a class of vegetables called “nightshades” that contain a chemical that triggers arthritis inflammation in many people. Other nightshades include white potatoes, tomatoes, eggplants and tobacco.

If you suffer from arthritis, eliminate all nightshades from your diet for a week or two and see if you feel better. Then go ahead and eat nightshades for a few days and stop again. If the arthritis attacks correspond to your diet, then you need to restrict your consumption of nightshade vegetables, especially fresh.

Reina Raine cites only one source, an ad for a book. The vague ad says nothing about eating — or not eating — red peppers to fight arthritis.

How do I know the no-nightshade diet works? Because I use it to avoid arthritis attacks. I also sleep much better. When I eat nightshades I often have insomnia. Also, I used to be a newspaper health writer, and interviewed experts on this subject.

If you want to learn more, just do a search for arthritis and nightshades.

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