Rhonda Patrick· PhD
So, it turns out, there's this chemical that's been called tomatidine that's highly concentrated in the green tomatoes. And then levels of tomatidine decline dramatically as the tomato turns red.
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So, it turns out, there's this chemical that's been called tomatidine that's highly concentrated in the green tomatoes. And then levels of tomatidine decline dramatically as the tomato turns red.
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So, there's this chemical that's been called tomatidine that's highly concentrated in the green tomatoes. And then levels of tomatidine decline dramatically as the tomato turns red. Okay. By the time the tomato starts turning red, the seeds in the tomato that have the potential to give rise to another tomato plant and propagate the species, they're ready to go. So, I guess, mainly this applies to birds. So, birds won't eat green tomatoes either. So, let's go with that.