The harm of nicotine is beyond question. Doctors strongly advise against taking any form of tobacco, as the nicotine it contains is highly addictive among consumers. However, few people know that nicotine is found not only in tobacco and tobacco products, but also in products and even in drinks.
Familiar nicotine products
It's hard to imagine, but harmless tomatoes contain a fairly significant amount of nicotine. This is especially true for unripe, green tomatoes. Ripe fruits contain the breakdown products of nicotine, a substance that is named after these fruits tomato.
In no less harmless potato there is a nicotine alkaloid, another name for it is "solanine". It is mainly found in the skins of potatoes. Young potatoes contain ten times more of it than ripe ones. Regular consumption of such young potatoes can negatively affect the state of the body. So it is better to prefer the tested ripe potatoes to the young ones.
The absolute record holder among vegetables in terms of pure nicotine content is eggplant. However, to take as much nicotine as is contained in one cigarette, you need to eat about ten kilograms of eggplant.
The "lethal" number of cigarettes that a person must smoke is about one hundred to one hundred and twenty pieces.
Bell peppers and capsicums contain nicotine alkaloids - solanadine and solanine. Their concentration is not too high, so peppers should definitely not be excluded from the diet.
Cauliflower, known for its beneficial properties, nonetheless contains a fairly high amount of nicotine. True, this amount is seven times less than that contained in eggplants, so that the effect, like from one cigarette, can be obtained by eating seventy kilograms of this vegetable.
Half a cigar, if eaten rather than smoked, is quite capable of killing a person.
Nicotine in tea
Tea contains more than just caffeine. It contains quite a lot of nicotine. This is especially true for tea bags. Decaffeinated black or green tea contains three to four times less nicotine than instant tea bags. Of course, in order for nicotine from tea to begin to have some kind of negative effect, you need to drink tens of liters of freshly brewed tea every day.
Of course, all this information does not support the rejection of vegetables. Indirectly, this applies only to very young potatoes. During smoking, the body takes tens and hundreds of times more nicotine, and this also applies to passive smoking. However, it might be worth revisiting your menu if you have any suspicions about your health condition.
