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Archive Home > 2005 > August > 18 > Fact or fiction: French fries are vegetables.

Fact or fiction: French fries are vegetables.

By Markian Hawryluk / The Bulletin
August 18, 2005

Fiction. French fries or potatoes are a starch that is a form of carbohydrates. Starches are essentially chains of sugar molecules and the starch in potatoes is digested and absorbed into the bloodstream relatively quickly.

The myth of the fries as vegetables was perpetuated in part by a....

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