TIL at one time, people thought that tomatoes were poisonous.

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TIL at one time, people thought that tomatoes were poisonous. - Lemmy.ca

Lemmy

Tomatoes do, in fact, cause issues with arthritis in many forms. One of my folks has gout, which is an issue to do with sugar and carb consumption.
As someone with gout, I can say that eliminating carbs and red meat and going ketogenic did not relieve the gout. I’m on a prescription med, Allopurinol, to keep my uric acid down. Also, this issue started 10 years ago, when I was 50, so it wasn’t a problem for most of my life, when I ate a normal amount of carbs and red meat. So, there’s an age and probably genetic factor too, since most people eat carbs and red meat their entire lives and do not get gout. So far, no one knows why uric acid spikes in some people and not others.

Another factor I didn’t mention would be potentially GMOs. Eating red meat is actually a requirement for the homo sapien body, and had been since our brains got bigger.

The smaller your brain, the more carbs you need. The bigger your brain, the more protein + healthy fat you need.