Ernie Peters <[log in to unmask]> wrote in part: <<Other than a nutritional source on the web which says PDers should avoid "night shade vegetables" and a list member who follows the same advice, I have seen very little on the subject.>> Ernie, I am curious as to whether I am the list member you refer to. I avoid all solanacea foods since they seem to cause much rash and skin problems. My memory is that this started 15 or more years ago; my vacation in Missouri was spent in immediate proximity to my father's garden from which I consumed many tomatoes and peppers of several varieties. Three weeks of this produced a skin rash. It is my conjecture that that episode changed my immune system. may have allowed fungal infection or other ? invasion. I did not essentially remove potatoes, tomatoes, and peppers from my diet immediately, but did so several years ago. Your post interested me about this again. -- Ron Vetter 1936, 1984 PD dz ... "money is coined liberty" ... Dostoevsky e-mail: [log in to unmask] http://www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~rfvetter