Paul Saladino· MD
Potatoes definitely contain defense chemicals. Solanine and chaconine are real.
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Potatoes definitely contain defense chemicals. Solanine and chaconine are real.
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like potato tomato green pepper red pepper a lot of those are the same family of plants so then again you're concentrating the defense chemicals in in white potatoes you've got things called uh chalconines choconines which are problematic
many of the root vegetables do come with problematic things associated with them whether they're chalkonine or other solenines and white potatoes or other defense chemicals