Is the green on potatoes really poison?

[Rouge]

Yeah we keep them in the dark to prevent green here. We have special bags lined with black material. I always chuck green potatoes, have done since I started cooking. Oh and here's another tidbit, I remember in science in high school we were told that glykowhatsitsname in HIGH doses can have similar affects as strychnine and arsenic. But I'm talking HIGH doses.

[Indadhanu]

So how green is too green? Is a tiny spot on the skin worth chucking the whole potato or is it still usable?

[AnyDream]

Leasha that's a personal decision. In theory it's a dose-related poison - the more you eat the bigger the effect, so small amounts are not going to make you really sick. However I prefer to chuck em out (but I have a good dark cupboard they live in).

[amberj]

ive heard the potoato is the "dummest " vegetable ...

I've heard this too. Someone once told me potatoes had next to no nutritional value. The thought depressed me, so I never looked up if it was true. I love potatoes.

[Rouge]

Potatoes are very bad for you... unless you're in a famine then they can save your life.

Most PCOS sufferers have a love hate relationship with Potato... I know I do and this is why...

Dr. Walter Willet, Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition, Harvard University writes:

"Potatoes are a great way to survive a famine. My grandparents survived the Depression on potatoes. But in a contemporary, sedentary society, potatoes are unhealthy, with a very big glycemic load. We've seen in our studies that higher potato consumption is related to a risk of diabetes. They are very rapidly absorbed into the bloodstream-more than eating pure sugar: sugar is only half glucose when it's broken down, potatoes are 100 percent glucose. There's not very much in terms of redeemable nutritional value that you get for the calories. Unless you are extremely lean and extremely active, you can't tolerate them. If you really like potatoes, you can have them in moderation now and then, but the trouble is that a big mountain of potatoes on your plate twice a day is how many people eat."
"Actually, careful studies have shown, demonstrated that you get a bigger rise in blood sugar after eating potatoes, a baked potato, say, than you do from eating pure table sugar."

[amberj]

Oh my gosh! Wow, I never knew potatoes were so high GI.

I will partake in moderation....

[boomba]

I usually throw them out!

Gee my irish nan would be rolling in the grave if she know they were bad for us! I love them too much to not eat them

[Visitor8]

I rarely eat potatoes because they are a great way to get fat.
But i've never cut the green off before...

I thought it was a myth lol