Can you eat teething sweet potatoes?

Sweet potato is a very common root food in our lives. Every winter, many people buy some sweet potatoes for consumption. If you are experienced, you must know that sweet potatoes cannot be stored in a warm place, because such an environment will easily cause the sweet potatoes to sprout. Once sweet potatoes sprout, many friends will ask: Can sprouted sweet potatoes still be eaten?

Everyone knows that sweet potato leaves are edible, so there is definitely no problem eating sweet potatoes after they sprout. After sweet potatoes sprout, they do not produce substances harmful to the human body like potatoes. As long as the sprouts on the sweet potatoes are removed, they can be eaten, and there will be no legendary poisoning symptoms.

However, after sweet potatoes sprout, they lose a large amount of nutrients and water, making them not only taste bad but also lose their edible value. As for the claim that eating sprouted sweet potatoes can cause poisoning, there is no basis for this claim, it is unscientific, and is purely a misunderstanding in life.

After sweet potatoes sprout, they do not produce harmful substances like potatoes. As long as the sprouts on the sweet potatoes are removed, they can be eaten and the legendary poisoning symptoms will not appear.

However, the sprouted sweet potatoes lose a lot of nutrients and water, which not only makes them taste bad, but also makes them lose their edible value. Although it is edible, it is not recommended.

Remember, there is a kind of sprouted sweet potato that must not be eaten!

When sweet potatoes sprout, their skin appears brown or black spots. This is caused by contamination by black spot bacteria. The toxins it excretes cannot be destroyed even after boiling or roasting, so this type of sweet potato must not be eaten.