Is it alright to eat potato skin? I'm concerned about pesticides and other chemicals.?
476673
Potatoes grow in the ground and are not likely to be sprayed with pesticides.  The skin is quite nutritious.  So just wash them and cook them and eat them.
988103
Now you've got me scared and for good reason too.\nWhat can we the consumer do about this anyway?\nIt's all up to us the consumer as our own government doesn't seem to give a hoot about what we eat or put on our skin or what we feed our beloved pets either.\nThis is as shameful as it can get and to think that no one cares to do anything about any of this is even more scary.\nI for one appreciate you bringing this to my attention now.\nWouldn't it be a wonderful world if our own government would research and define what's safe and not safe for us to eat and use?\nI would have never guessed that I had eaten road kill or worse or given my dog or cat that and worse. Everything listed is totally disgusting by any ones standards but unfortunately not our own governments, shame on them for not protecting us as we have trusted them to do so, shame on them!!!!\nAgain I thank you for bring this to my attention.
931071
umm what reaction??  this sounds suspiciously like something having to do with catalase producing hydrogen peroxide (an AP Bio lab), in which case the liver would have a higher reaction rate because there is more of the substrate than there is in the potato.... and i'm blanking on the rest, sorry.
536520
I'm pretty concerned, and I'm 13. I'm a vegetarian, but I'm doing it the healthy way, not just potato chips and salad. You know, lentils, tofu, veggies, all that. Personally, I don't think you can be too young to worry about these things.\n\nP.S. It wasn't some kind of thing where I was raised in this way. Last year I decided to make the switch, but my parents are both rapid meat-eaters who can slather ANYTHING with butter. My dad butters his croissants! (Not sure if I spelled croissant right, lol.)
887503
Everybody are in risk of pesticides. The persons who are spraying are directly on exposure. However thourgh food chain, water, air the pesticides will eventually enter any human beings.\n\nso though we thinks pesticides are only harmful to pests, preserve our foods, increasse crop production, they are causing loss of disturbances on as a whole ecology. Like you can take example of vulture endengered position. vultures are going to disappear, because we used lots fo diclofena to cattle during sick, after teh death of cattle we trhow it and the deasd body will be ate by vulture, tehn diclofenac will enter into body of vulture and will kill them.\n\nDeath of vulture  and their disappearance is also affecting we human people. previously within few hours the dead animals were cleared by vultures, now adays these are making disturnabce on natural baeuty .
63398
When life gives you potatos make Vodka: The practical chemical applications of potatos in the Modern world.
940659
definitely! my aunt is a dermatologist and she told me that if i ate really healthy my skin would be waaaay healthier!
867393
I have been farming organically for five years now, I am committed to doing it the natural way. It means that everything you do you do it without chemicals. For example, mixing ground up Jalapenos with a tad of Bacon grease and a little well water is a far better pesticide than malethon, bugs hate it and they never get immune to it. I don't farm commercially but I betcha that most of what goes for organic is not.
199037
Nothing is 100% safe, no matter how organic it is.... To much of anything can harm you and your skin.... But for the most part it is safe...... Unless you happen to be allergic to it.
65628
yes you can and alot of it can come from the treatments you get, such as chemo and radation. one never knows how thier body will react to this stuff. i wish you and whoever it is your asking for all the best. get to a dietation for the best foods to eat
1032659
I recommend using Fresh Wash by Watkins.  Pesticides, fertilizers and human handling can seriously contaminate fresh produce, shortening its shelf life and endangering your health.  Fresh Wash is laboratory-proven to remove over 90% of surface contaminants and impurities.  It gives your produce a much longer shelf life as well!  It's made from humectants from fruits and vegetables so it is very safe as well.
1089889
Meh, eating the stuff once in a while is okay.  Once every week or two won't hurt you, as long as you live a relatively healthy lifestyle.  : )
660392
No. \n\nBut it's still no good for it to be on your skin. Wash it off.
983537
AVOID:\n\nAll animal foods - meat, milk, cheese, butter, eggs, fish...and the derivatives - whey, egg albumen, gelatin...etc. These products are a fibreless mixture of saturated fats, cholesterol, steroid growth-promoters/vaccine/antibiotic/ pesticide/herbicide etc. residues, mastitis pus, disinfectant, salmonella, listeria, campylobacter, E coli 0157, etc., etc.\n\nRefined carbohydrates - sugar, white flour, bread, biscuits, cakes etc.\n\nSynthetic food additives-preservatives, colourants, etc. READ THE LABELS\n\nFood prepared or contained in aluminium, copper, non-stick cookware or prepared in microwave ovens; smoked foods; very hot food and drinks.\n\nUse salt, celery, parsley, parsnips, deep-fried foods.in strict moderation.\n\nUtensils washed in washing-up liquid must be very thoroughly rinsed; in preference, use washing soda, soap flakes etc.\n\nEAT:\n\nOrganically-grown, if possible, fruit, vegetables, peas, beans, rice: chemically-grown carrots are out. Non-organic cabbage, broccoli, sprouts, mushrooms etc. should be boiled for a couple of minutes in salted water, drained and rinsed, then cooked. Lettuce and similar foods which cannot be cleansed with this process or peeled should be home-grown or avoided.\n\nEmphasise raw foods; whole grain breads; soya products: tofu, soymilk, miso.\n\nEat B17 foods regularly - seeds of apricot, peach, plum, cherry, apple; sprouted alfalfa, mung and wheat seeds; millet, lentils, watercress, lima beans, blackeye beans, broccoli, cabbage, buckwheat, linseed etc.\n\nGarlic is the supreme plant from a physician's and a cook's point of view: eat it raw, cooked: grow it: use it as a medicine for everything from cancer and tuberculosis to coughs, colds, infections, high blood pressure, whooping cough, chemical/heavy metal/radiation detoxification etc., etc.\n\nUse some form of water filter if only a jug type: areas where fluoride-waste has been dumped in the public drinking water supply will require reverse osmosis or distillation to remove the chemical.\n\nLook after the liver: take the juice of a lemon in water on rising; wait a half hour before taking breakfast.\n\nFast one or two days per month on purified water or pure fruit juice; or per week if the will power is there.\n\nThe Green Drink: gather unpolluted nettles, dandelion, chickweed, nasturtium, carrot tops, cabbage etc.; wash well, blend with water, put through coarse sieve, drink: put the residue, in small amounts, in the dog's/cat's meal and help avoid the vet's bills and a sick/prematurely-dead animal - from the effects of the vet's treatment.\n\nChew all food thoroughly and slowly; without distraction from the television, radio, newspapers or relatives.\n\nAlcoholic drinks, preferably organically produced, in moderation and in the evenings can be immuno-supportive and a relatively safe, effective soporific, cleanser and sedative.\n\nProf. Aviles, of the Mexican Cancer Biochemistry Dept., saw 7,715 cancer patients over 15 years: 99% suffered chronic constipation, the degree of malignancy parallel to the intensity of the constipation. Colon cleanliness is fundamentality important to the prevention of cancer and other chronic, degenerative diseases: anyone on Doctor's Balanced Diet or worse, for decades, might well be carrying 5 to 25 pounds - or more - of rotting waste in the colon; poisoning and robbing the system of nutrients. A herbal/ nutritional cleansing regime will remove the residue in time.
378832
yes, some insecticides can cause mutations/cancers that can affect future generations.  always use proper respiratory gear and outwear to avoid undue contamination.  always mix and distribute pesticides by FDA and manufactures guidelines.
548327
You have to know what chemical it is and what to do in case of skin contact, ingestion,etc..Also there should be the manufactures info. and contact info. just in case of emergency.  Hello!!
184071
A bunch of people ask me the same question....all u got to do is simply eat fried potato skins....trust me it works