[JanetG]

Hi, I'm hoping one of you Weight Watcher's can help me with this question. I know vegetables such as corn, potatoes and peas are not zero point vegetables, BUT do they still count towards the daily goal of 5+ vegetable/fruit servings? I know under the old exchange system, they were considered breads, but I really, really want to count them as vegetables. Any ideas?

[Kelly_S]

yes they do count toward your 5 daily servings of fruits and veggies.

[JanetG]

Thanks, Kel, that's what I wanted to hear!

[QuilterInVA]

Unless you are diabetic and then they are starches.

[Kelly_S]

They may be starches a diabetic diet but they are still considered a veggie serving for a food pyramid.

[dawnydw]

Hi, just wanted to add for any other Brits out there like me, The Uk department of Health states that potatoes are not to be counted as a vegetable portion, but as a starch, which although valuable to the daily diet, does not count towards the 5 a day.
Why different countries have to have different rules when we all basically have the same bodies beats me, but there you go.

[Kelly_S]

Because in the states we don't have 'starches' as a food group. We have grains/complex carbs <which technically a potato could e>, dairy, veggies -- fruits, protein, fats/sweets at the to to be limited.