2007-10-30 05:05:50 · 22 answers · asked by Fabe 6 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
Because they are grouped as carbohydrates, not fruit & vegetables, even though they are in fact a vegetable. They're lumped in with pasta, rice, bread etc. due to their nutritional value.
2007-10-30 05:08:24 · answer #1 · answered by spanner the stig 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
The "potato" is the vegetable...
and "french fries" are the preparation.
French fries, au groton, chips are not vegetables but the way/names they are prepared. If there's fat, grease, sugar, etc. in there... there's not a whole lot by way of nutrition (there's your answer).
Like apples are fruits, for example -- but an apple pie isn't eating a heathy fruit, right?
2007-10-30 12:09:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Most french fries actually contain very little actual potato, with the exception of In N Out Burger. It is mostly a whole bunch of oil and preservatives. Also, french fries lack nearly all of the essential nutrients found in most of the more "conventional" veggies. Even pure potato lacks many of the nutrients, being mostly made of starch and more like bread and flour products than actual vegetables.
http://www.mcdonalds.com/app_controller.nutrition.categories.ingredients.index.html#1
2007-10-30 12:14:00 · answer #3 · answered by Vangorn2000 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are vegetables, but even deep fried broccoli isn't nutritious because there is so much bad cholesterol added that it's more harmful than healthy. with fries there is usually a ton of salt added on also. there aren't a lot of vitamins coming from potatoes anyways, they're mostly just starch.
:) i love deep fried broccoli- even though i'm sure everyone thinks that's disgusting.
2007-10-30 12:10:37 · answer #4 · answered by tribalhysteria 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I'm going to say BECAUSE they are deep fried. Which is kind of disgusting when you think about it, and a little gross when you see it done.
I guess because all vegetables are so full of vitamins and minerals and deep frying is just bad fat, the deep frying kind of negates any good things the vegetable has.
That's just my theory.
2007-10-30 12:11:04 · answer #5 · answered by ragingdevi 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is still a vegetable, but the deep frying pretty much destroys any nutritional value and adds so much fat, it cannot be considered healthy.
2007-10-30 12:09:09 · answer #6 · answered by maxmom 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because potatoes technically aren't vegetables - they are a starchy food and are classed with carbohydrates
2007-10-30 12:10:09 · answer #7 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
who ever told you that? So then deep fried ice cream is not ice cream? Deep fried apples is not fruit? a vegatable is a vegatable to matter hou you eat it.. Sam with the other two.. Where did you get your facts?
2007-10-30 12:09:25 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
because potatoes are a starch not a vegetable, it would go in the grain category of the food groups.
2007-10-30 12:08:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
because if you say its a vegetable the kids will think its good for them
2007-10-30 12:12:11 · answer #10 · answered by skyes 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋