Are green potatoes really poisonous?

Question

I heard that.....

Would be a funny way to commit suicide...death by potato....

Answer 1

He he cute answers although here is the right one:
Yes and No. If you consume too much of the green parts of the potato than you can get sick. Although you can cut an inch from each side away from the greenness and you will be fine. The greenness is called Solanine and develops from the handling of the potatoe i.e. in a dark, cool place versus in direct sunlight in the heat. Those are all factors that it is subjected to before you purchase it.

Answer 2

Well; as usual wikipedia isn't fully correct! Earlier this year there was a large recall of potatoes after several people got sick from eating improperly stored potatoes! The poisons are formed when potatoes are exposed to light and in warm lighted conditions more poison is formed. Returning green potatoes to dark will remove the green but *not* the poison. And cutting away visible green does *not* remove the toxin either! If a potato tastes bitter (raw or cooked) stop eating it! That bitterness is the reason we don't see many people die, it's *almost* impossible to eat enough!

Suicide and/or death is NEVER funny!

Answer 3

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) is a perennial plant of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, commonly grown for its starchy tuber. Potatoes contain glycoalkaloids, toxic compounds, of which the most prevalent are solanine and chaconine. Cooking at high temperatures (over 170 °C or 340 °F) partly destroys these. The concentration of glycoalkaloid in wild potatoes suffices to produce toxic effects in humans.
Glycoalkaloids occur in the greatest concentrations just underneath the skin of the tuber, and they increase with age and exposure to light. Glycoalkaloids may cause headaches, diarrhea, cramps and in severe cases coma and death; however, poisoning from potatoes occurs very rarely.
Light exposure also causes greening, thus giving a visual clue as to areas of the tuber that may have become more toxic; however, this does not provide a definitive guide, as greening and glycoalkaloid accumulation can occur independently of each other. Some varieties of potato contain greater glycoalkaloid concentrations than others.
The National Toxicology Program suggests that the average American consumes at most 12.5 mg/person/day of solanine from potatoes. Dr. Douglas L. Holt, the State Extension Specialist for Food Safety at the University of Missouri - Columbia, notes that no reported cases of potato-source solanine poisoning have occurred in the U.S. in the last 50 years and most cases involved eating green potatoes or drinking potato-leaf tea.

Solanine is also found in other plants, in particular the deadly nightshade. This poison affects the nervous system

So the answer is yes to potato poisoning.

Answer 4

It sounds like a joke, or perhaps just an urban legend that grew out of Dr. Seuss’s “Green Eggs and Ham.” But food scientists say this one is no myth. The reality is that green potatoes contain high levels of a toxin, solanine, which can cause nausea, headaches and neurological problems. Potatoes naturally produce small amounts of solanine as a defense against insects, but the levels increase with prolonged exposure to light and warm temperatures. The green color is actually caused by high levels of chlorophyll, which by itself is harmless. But it is also a sign that levels of solanine, which is produced at the same time as chlorophyll, have increased as well.

Answer 5

Potatos that are green because they have been in cold storage can produce a glyco-alcholoid. That is not good at all.

Much better to eat fresh potatos. I like em' when you slice them open, and they are all wet with their juice. Yukon golds.

Answer 6

I'd be dead by now and I would have sued Humpty Dumpty for the green potato chips in the bag.

Answer 7

i dont think so i think they are just not ripe enough to eat. But it would look funny if someone died of potatoe poisoning.

Answer 8

They are poisonous, but people still eat them, but they dont taste very nice.

Answer 9

Thats crazy!

Answer 10

ur right it would be funny but no its not poinous dont worry