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New study indicates tomatoes help with gut health

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Dear Doctors: I was happy when I saw on the news that tomatoes help your gut microbiome. I love tomatoes, but my wife keeps them out of our diet. She says they’re a nightshade plant and thinks they make arthritis worse. I’d like to know more about this new protomato research.

Dear Reader: Tomatoes have a fascinating and somewhat fraught history. The fruit, which many mistakenly call …

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