Why can't sprouted potatoes be eaten?
It turns out that potatoes contain a toxin called solanine. In every 100 grams of potato, the content of solanine is only 8 - 10 mg, while in germinated potatoes, especially when the skin turns purple-green, buds, eyes and skins have rotted, the content of solanine can reach about 500 mg. The average person ingesting 200 mg (about one ounce of solanine contained in sprouted potatoes) may cause poisoning. After eating a large number of germinated potatoes, dozens of minutes or hours will appear nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, itchy throat, dizziness, chest tightness and other toxic symptoms, even coma, and finally died of respiratory and circulatory failure caused by nerve paralysis. (Editor in charge: Tian Tian)
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