Why can't you eat green potatoes? Remember for life – Nutrition

Potato It has been included in our diet for so long that it is difficult to remember a recipe that does not include this tuber. Also in the film “Girls”, the young cook Tosya, played by Nadezhda Rumyantsevaexcitedly named potato dishes: fried, boiled, mashed potatoes, French fries, potato pie, potatoes stewed with prunes, pancakes, roll. In general, you can’t count everything, Sports.kz reports with reference to Life.ru.

But not every potato should end up on our table. At least those tubers that differ from their counterparts in green color. So why can't you eat potatoes that are similar in color to the grasshopper from the children's song?

The green tint of potatoes is not at all a sign of immaturity. This happens when the tubers are not stored correctly and are exposed to sunlight. The fact is that under the skin of potatoes there is a substance called chlorophyll – a special pigment…