On the food pyrimid, are potatoes considered a vegitable?!


Question: On the food pyrimid, are potatoes considered a vegitable!?
or a bread/starch!?Www@FoodAQ@Com


Answers:
It's in the vegEtable group on the food pyrAmid, of which there are five sub-groups!. It falls under "starchy" vegetable!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

a VEGETABLE!. * not "vegitable", on the food pyramid!. In most other circumstances, potatoes are considered a starch AND a vegetable because they lack in most nutriences, except for simple carbs!. :)Www@FoodAQ@Com

Potatoes are biologically a vegietable, but nutritionally a starch!. They lack vitamins, but are high in starches and carbsWww@FoodAQ@Com

white potatoes are a starch=which tuns to sugar=sweet potatoes are good for you=but you can have white potatoes=i love mashed=so i ear less say half of normal==1 cupWww@FoodAQ@Com

Potatoes are mostly starch!. There are vitamins and minerals but they're found in the jacket (skin)!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They are both , but , in the pyramid , they are a starch!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Potatoes are catogorized as starchWww@FoodAQ@Com

Potatoes are considered a starch!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yes on the food pyramid potatoes are a vegatables but it also a starchWww@FoodAQ@Com

Potatoes are considered a carb/starchWww@FoodAQ@Com

vegetable and starch Www@FoodAQ@Com

Potatoes are a starch and so is corn!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

yes they are vegetables but very starchy ones!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

a starchy vegetable so both!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

vegetable!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

vegtiableWww@FoodAQ@Com

Starch!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

They are a starch FOR REALWww@FoodAQ@Com

Veg!. Here is a link with more informationWww@FoodAQ@Com

starchWww@FoodAQ@Com

i think that they are a vegtableWww@FoodAQ@Com

no they are a fruitWww@FoodAQ@Com





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