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A salad with mushrooms?! Where's the science in this?! It is strange that scientists suggest eating raw mushrooms, which contain toxins, one of them being agari

A salad with mushrooms?! Where's the science in this?! It is strange that scientists suggest eating raw mushrooms, which contain toxins, one of them being agaritine, which is easily deactivated by heat. In addition, mushrooms accumulate radioactive elements. It's very unscientific tog generalize mushrooms, when they are greatly varying in terms of nutrition and benefits! In Bulgaria, where I'm originally from, people eat a lot of mushrooms, but we never eat them raw! A lot of people in America believe that eating raw foods is healthier! I suggest to those brainiacs to start eating raw potatoes or soybeans!

JohnJamesRambo 6y ago
I eat raw potatoes and love them. Raw mushrooms are great too, what are you on about? Learn about dosages. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/7089/are-raw-button-mushrooms-unhealthy-especially-carcinogenic https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/7089/are-raw-bu...
- nikolay 6y ago
  A quote from Google search: "The main source of concern when it comes to raw potato consumption is a toxic compound called solanine, which can cause headaches, nausea, diarrhea, and even death in extreme cases."
  - JohnJamesRambo 6y ago
    Yes I'm aware, but I don't eat green potatoes. Solanine is near the skin on green potatoes. It's that weird off taste. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/solanine https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/solanine Solanine isn't even removed by boiling. You are eating the same amount in your boiled potatoes.
    - nikolay 6y ago
      That's not true as back in Bulgaria we had a trick - you want to get a fever and skip school, you eat a raw potato. And you can't skip school eating a baked one - that's for sure!
- eric-hu 6y ago
  Out of curiosity, how do you eat raw potatoes? I can’t imagine a way that I’d enjoy them.
  - nikolay 6y ago
    Well, some people just want to be weird. I recommended his raw soybeans, too!

JohnJamesRambo 6y ago

I eat raw potatoes and love them. Raw mushrooms are great too, what are you on about? Learn about dosages. https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/7089/are-raw-button-mushrooms-unhealthy-especially-carcinogenic https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/7089/are-raw-bu...

nikolay 6y ago
A quote from Google search: "The main source of concern when it comes to raw potato consumption is a toxic compound called solanine, which can cause headaches, nausea, diarrhea, and even death in extreme cases."
- JohnJamesRambo 6y ago
  Yes I'm aware, but I don't eat green potatoes. Solanine is near the skin on green potatoes. It's that weird off taste. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/solanine https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/solanine Solanine isn't even removed by boiling. You are eating the same amount in your boiled potatoes.
  - nikolay 6y ago
    That's not true as back in Bulgaria we had a trick - you want to get a fever and skip school, you eat a raw potato. And you can't skip school eating a baked one - that's for sure!
eric-hu 6y ago
Out of curiosity, how do you eat raw potatoes? I can’t imagine a way that I’d enjoy them.
- nikolay 6y ago
  Well, some people just want to be weird. I recommended his raw soybeans, too!