I have posted this on other boards but have stumped everyone with it.

Eggplant?

They are looking great in my local grocer's and I know them to be tasty for myself but am at a loss with ig food properties.
1) Good, occasional, bad...
2) Think just grating them like I do with the other veggies will work?

thanks
Mark

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You have me on that one Mark! I don't think I have ever heard anyone even discuss using it for an ig.
You might check out the USDA food nutrition chart.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcom...st_nut_edit.pl

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Well here is why no one is talking about it: (All values from the USDA Nutrient Data Lab website)

According to the USDA for 100 grams of raw eggplant (Solanum malongena)

Ca = 9 (leave it to the government NOT to include units of anykind)
P=25

That is, nominally, 3:1 Ca:P

The K (potassium) value is 230
oxalic acid .19g/100 g

reference point raw butternut squash @ 100 grams
Ca = 48
P = 33
K = 325
oxalic acid = .02g/100g

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Ig den lists it as toxic but this is only a list of common names and refers to no specific portion of the plant (e.g. potato plants are toxic but not the tuber, tomato leaves are toxic) and there is a cross list of eggplant under nightshades.

While I have never heard of nightshades and don't know if this listing is referring to the purple fruit or a different plant I will be keeping it out of Bob's diet, not just erring on the side of caution but also looking at the nutritional info.

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nightshade is a plant commonly known as deadly nightshade
http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/n/nighde05.html

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Here's a little more:
Toxic plants Though this does not say WHY they are toxic, but that the fruit is ok.

Nightshades from MK's site.

Iguana Soc.
Nightshade

Still doesn't tell you exactly what you want to know, but I don't feed eggplant because of the potential of the toxicity of the plant/fruit.

I did a Google search for much of that.

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I have tried to give Nadia some eggplant and he just looked at me like I was CRAZY for wanting him to eat it! lol
I never tried to feed him any part of it ever again.

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I think that this becomes a point where there is a plethora of unclear information.

I have seen some sites list avacado, peaches, plums, and other stone fruit as toxic then clarify that it is because of the pits in them.

Rhubarb leaves are generally toxic when eaten, even by us but the stems are not.

Tomato leaves are toxic but the fruit is not though it is not a great food. Same idea with the potato -- another common veggie that I have never seen ig dietary info on.

And I have never seen info on squash leaves. Bob would walk past my collards, mustard, and dandelions to get the those hairy pricley leaves. They must have tasted good to eat them with sparp things poking him in the mouth. He did only get past me and the fence twice getting a total of one leaf.

Man this diet stuff gets frustrating with only common names and brief notes, if any, on why that food is listed as such. More lists need to mention what part of the plant they are talking about.

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