You cannot eat raw potatoes. They need to be cooked before they can be eaten.

Potatoes (potatoes) contain some toxic alkaloids, mainly solanine and chaetomycin, but generally after high-temperature cooking at 170°C, the toxic substances will decompose. Wild potatoes are highly toxic, and solanine poisoning can cause headaches, diarrhea, convulsions, coma, and even death. However, the toxicity of generally cultivated potatoes is very low, and potato poisoning incidents rarely occur.

Cultivated potatoes generally contain less than 0.2 mg/g of alkaloids, and generally more than 200 mg will cause poisoning, which is equivalent to eating 1.4 kilograms of raw potatoes at one time. If potatoes are exposed to light during storage, they will turn green and toxic substances will increase. If the eyes of sprouted potatoes turn purple, toxic substances will accumulate, which may easily lead to poisoning. Pay special attention when eating them.

Extended information

Potato nutrition: Potatoes are rich and complete in nutrients. Their rich vitamin C (ascorbic acid) content far exceeds that of grain crops; their higher protein, sugar The content is much higher than that of ordinary vegetables.

Potatoes have complete nutrition and reasonable structure, especially the protein molecular structure is basically the same as that of the human body. It is easily absorbed and utilized by the human body, and its absorption and utilization rate is almost as high as 100.

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