{"id":6008,"date":"2023-09-13T10:14:11","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2023-09-13T10:20:41","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:20:41","slug":"potatoes-are-a-vegetable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalpotatocouncil.org\/potatoes-are-a-vegetable\/","title":{"rendered":"“Potatoes are a vegetable.”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Kam Quarles, CEO for the National Potato Council, provided oral testimony during the Sept. 12, 2023, hearing of the 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee<\/a>. This panel of nutrition and public health experts inform the federal government\u2019s next update to the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA), which lays the foundation for federal nutrition and feeding policy for the next five years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his testimony, Quarles stressed that the DGAs should not pick winners and losers among vegetables but should encourage all Americans to consume more vegetables to meet the federal government\u2019s recommendations. He also urged the committee to reject a proposal to lump starchy vegetables in the same category as grains, noting that \u201cstarchy vegetables and grains are two vastly different food groups that play distinctly different roles in contributing nutrients to the diet.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NPC\u2019s full submission to the committee can be found here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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