The germination of sweet potato will not be inedible as the whole potato, but because it is soilless germination, there will be toxins stored in the roots. When eating, you should dig deep into the roots of the buds or stop eating them.

2 Can sweet potatoes be eaten after discoloration? It is not recommended to eat discolored sweet potatoes.

Discolored sweet potatoes not only lose a lot of nutrients, but also produce toxins, which are harmful to human health. If the skin of sweet potato is brown, black spots or rotten, or the heart of sweet potato becomes hard and bitter, it means that sweet potato has been attacked by toxin, which not only loses its nutrition, but also has toxic effect on human liver after eating. Eating black-spotted sweet potatoes may also cause food poisoning, such as stomach discomfort, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, and in severe cases, high fever, headache, asthma, hematemesis, unconsciousness, convulsions and coma, and even death may occur.

3 What are the benefits of eating sweet potatoes to prevent cardiovascular diseases? Sweet potatoes contain a variety of essential nutrients and can supply a large amount of mucin, which is a mixture of polysaccharide and protein, and has a special protective effect on the human body. It can prevent fat deposition in the cardiovascular system, maintain elasticity and prevent the premature occurrence of atherosclerosis.

Mucinous polysaccharides that maintain bone sweet potatoes, if combined with inorganic salts, can form bone and make cartilage elastic.

Tonifying spleen and nourishing stomach sweet potato has the effects of tonifying spleen and stomach, tonifying lung and kidney, and has curative effects on cough and asthma due to lung deficiency, chronic diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, diabetes, nocturnal emission and other diseases.

The carbohydrates in sweet potato can replenish glucose consumed by the brain, and relieve fatigue, irritability, dizziness, insomnia, sweating at night, inattention, forgetfulness, extreme thirst, depression, disorder and even hallucinations caused by insufficient glucose supply in the brain.

Antidiarrheal sweet potato is suitable for diarrhea patients with spleen deficiency, and its symptoms are: prolonged diarrhea, sallow complexion, loss of appetite, thin stool and indigestible food.

4 Can big potatoes be eaten on an empty stomach? Try not to eat on an empty stomach.

Eating large potatoes on an empty stomach has a high chance of acid reflux and heartburn, because large potatoes themselves contain relatively high carbohydrates. If we often eat large potatoes on an empty stomach, it is likely to lead to heartburn and heartburn symptoms in Europe and America.