Did you know these five everyday foods are related to the deadly nightshade? While this toxic plant is infamous for its poisonous properties, some of its botanical relatives are staples in our diets!

Nightshade vegetables—a family of plants that includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants, and peppers—are staples in many cuisines worldwide. While these foods offer nutritional benefits for most ...

Contributes to Heart Health Eating eggplant could also reduce your risk of heart disease due to the anthocyanins found in the ...

It took a while for tomatoes and potatoes to be accepted as safe food by Europeans who had only seen nightshades used in witchcraft and herbalism. Once potatoes became part of the European diet in ...

To improve food security, researchers are currently mapping out the genomes of 22 crops in the nightshade genus, which includes tomatoes, potatoes, eggplants and peppers. In a new analysis ...