Are Raw Potatoes Poisonous?

Raw potatoes are not poisonous. But gemmiparous potatoes are poisonous. Potatoes will produce toxin called solanine when sprouting. In generally, 10 mg solanine is contained in 100 grams good potatoes.Solanine in potatoes changed green, sproutted, rotted will be increased 50 times or more. Eat a very small amount of solanine is not obvious harmful.But if you eat 200 mg solanine once, there will be incidence after 15 minutes to 3 hours. The earliest symptoms is buccal and pharyngeal pruritus, upper abdominal pain and nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and others. People with lesser symptoms will heal through their own detoxification function after 1 to 2 hours.If eat 300 to 400 mg or more solanine, the symptoms will be very heavy.People should be sent to hospital for treatment as soon as possible.

All potatoes contain substances known as glycoalkaloids. The most common in potatoes are solanine and chaconine. Light reacts with these substances to turn potato flesh green. The green parts of a potato are a guide to where these substances tend to accumulate which is just below the potato skin. Ingested in large quantities these toxic compounds could lead to coma or even death. In smaller quantities the most likely effects are diarrhoea, headaches and stomach cramps. Fortunately these toxic substances are eliminated by thorough cooking. Solanine is the toxic substance found in deadly nightshade which indicates the potential seriousness of eating uncooked potatoes which are, in any case, hard to digest and unpleasantly flavoured. The only recent cases of solanine poisoning lined to potatoes have been the result of drinking potato leaf tea or green potatoes. When potatoes trun green it is an indication of higher concentrations of solanine and these parts should be cut out or the potato discarded without eating even after it has been cooked.

I have heard that they are not healthy for you but i am not quite sure

No... Raw potatoes are not poisonous, but potatoes from a can could potentially be hazardous if they are not cooked correctly.

No, raw potatoes are not poisonous, but they are not very healthy.

Not at all if they do not have chemicals on it. They may be bitter though

No, but they are difficult to digest and it is not recommended that raw potatoes be eaten.

Only the green ones. (been in sunlight)

OF COURSE NOT YOU MORON! Raw potatoes are just fine, gosh have you ever been out of your house before?

No i don't think raw potatoes are poisonous

No, they are not Poisonous who said you?

Yes if they have blight. You can see if they are effected by a green colouration on the potato. You can also get yellow vein virus. Better to cook them.

Only if you soak them in arsenic

No!  When exposed to light biochemical changes occur under the skin of the potato and the are starts turning green in preparation for photosynthesis.  This green should be peeled away other wise it contains chemicals which will cause gastro intestinal distress.  You will get a tummy ache.  It will not however, kill or damage you.

Of Course Not.

No, I do not think the potato is poisonous

I dont think so

Yes they are.. The last time I had salad, we had to cook the potatoes, cause we couldn't have them raw in the salad!