Are potato chips vegetables?
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October 28th, 2009
I have to take a medical test on Friday, and the preparation includes a special diet. I am not supposed to eat any vegetables. I am craving potato chips, but my wife says I shouldn’t eat them because of the diet. I say there is no way that a potato chip is still a vegetable.
So is it?
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@jeffgoldblumsprivatefacilities : I’m fat and I don’t consider them veggies. :)
They’re a veggie, but very starchy and fried to an unrecognizable state. Maybe you can call the place and they can tell you?
Potatoes are vegetables.
They therefore vegetable products.
When in doubt its always best to err on the side of caution.
i would think potato chips would go against your diet regulations.
this made me lol
“I’m fat and I don’t consider them veggies. :)” And then in the next sentence “They’re a veggie,”
I always include them as 5 of my 5–9 daily servings of veggies so it’s probably best to skip them.
Are they trying to get you to avoid fiber (do they also want you to stay away from whole grains)? If so, then chips would be a no-no.
Yeah, I guess to clarify, I should’ve said that potatoes are a veggie, but then read the rest of what I wrote
I vote yes, they are a vegetable.
Uhhh… yes, they’re tasty, tasty vegetables!...
Potato chips probably will affect the test. They were originally vegetables, and then sliced, salted, and fried, but they still contain vegetable proteins.
Okay, fine. I am supposed to avoid whole grains too. Boo.
Maybe you can have nuts instead? No, not in that way
A rose by any other name is still a rose…
Cut em, chop em, mash em, pound em, fry em, bake em, boil em, burn em or just eat em. A potato, is a potato, is a potato.
sounds like an evil, evil test :(
There are many other chips you could have instead; apple, plantain, chocolate, wood.
It depends what kind of mood you’re in!
No nuts or any veggies or fruit. I can only do clear liquids tomorrow. I say again, boo.
Poor tiny! What an awful diet. :(
GA.
I did it for the lulz.
@Capt_Bloth: 50% of your suggestions won’t work for our resident faery.
Are Rapsberry Milanos a fruit. Help!
@asmonet is wood a veggie?
@tinyfaery sorry your diet sucks. Raspberry milano cookies are fruit if potato chips are a veggie. and the lettuce and tomato on a whopper are a salad :p
I already ate some chicken. I want a snack, dammit.
They are made from potatoes so even though they are not a healthy form of vegetable, they are still vegetables. I doubt they figure in to your servings of veggies daily though, which just doesn’t seem right!
I tell myself its a vegetable. Makes me feel better. :D
A snack @tinyfaery?
*yogurt
*cottage cheese
*hot tea
*seeds or nuts (for crunch)
If you can’t have starches, you’ll want to fill up with something hot maybe…chai/cocoa/tea come to mind.
Ice cream? A piece of cheese? Bacon?
Bacon is ALWAYS the right answer :)
Why can’t you have some crackers? Grain is not excluded is it?
Although the potato is typically classified as a vegetable to me it would make more sense to put it in the same group as rice, corn, grain and cereal. Potatoes are a high-glycemic form of food. Very different from cucumbers and tomatoes. See also
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable
@mattbrowne So you consider corn a grain not a vegetable?
@everyone look above “Okay, fine. I am supposed to avoid whole grains too. Boo.”
Today she can only have clear liquids…Bleeeeeeeech!
@tinyfaery I hope the test goes well and your SO takes you out for a nice meal (or you eat well at the Mansion;)
@SpatzieLover I don’t think Ritz crackers and Saltines are whole grains, there is enriched bleached flour in the ingredients I think.
@JLeslie I’m with you on those! ;) They hardly qualify as food. Depending on the test they’d be gone overnight in your digestive track, too.
Good luck with the test @tinyfaery. Enjoy all the potato chips you want tomorrow p.m.
(P.S. If you go to the Hefner soiree, we want the dish!)
@JLeslie – No, I don’t. Many years ago a nutritionist/dietitian recommended the following simply rule for main dishes:
Divide the plate into one half and two quarters:
One quarters contains protein and fat, the second quarter is carbs, and half of the plate is high-fiber vegetables and salad (or even just high-fiber vegetables plus side dishes of low-carb fruit and salad)
Potatoes and bananas for example have to be treated differently from cucumbers and apples.
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