I once heard about another reason the tomato may have been considered poisonous. Years ago the poor used to eat from lead plates, so something acidic, like tomatoes, would break down some of the lead and you'd end up eating that with your food, getting lead poisoning. Don't know how true it is, because I've never looked into it further.
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It was actually pewter dishes. Allegedly the acids in tomatoes created a toxic substance. I almost put that in here because it came up so many times in my research but I ran across an article breaking down the science on why that wouldnt happen so I threw it out. That happens a lot when I write these.