報告（する）／憶測s that US 政府 could axe POTATOES as a vegetable 誘発するs fury の中で 民主党員 AND 共和国の／共和党の 上院議員s
- Letter 誘発するd by rumblings that potatoes will be reclassified as a starch?
- It would upend the potato 産業 and 混乱させる the public, the 上院議員s said?
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上院議員s are fighting 支援する against rumblings that the US 政府 will stop 分類するing potatoes as a vegetable.?
Fourteen 国会議員s have written to the 連邦の 機関s who could 影響（力） the change, 警告 it would 混乱させる Americans and 原因（となる） 大混乱 for?供給（する） chains.
It comes まっただ中に 報告（する）／憶測s that the 2025 Dietary 指導基準s （a）忠告の／（n）警報 委員会 is 'considering changes to food groups,' 含むing a 提案 to?lump starchy vegetables in the same 部類 as 穀物s, which would put it in the same bracket as bread and rice.
The パネル盤 is 仕事d with 供給するing 独立した・無所属, science-based advice to the Departments of 農業 (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) to help 知らせる 推薦s when it comes to diet.
The new 指導基準s will be rolled out next year.?
国会議員s made their 事例／患者 in a letter to 政府 公式の／役人s, 公式文書，認めるing the many nutritional 利益s of eating potatoes, which are packed with potassium and calcium
But the USDA has 主張するd the 政府 'is not considering a change to the 分類 of potatoes.'
Still, on Thursday, Bipartisan 上院議員s?from Colorado, Idaho, Maine, North Dakota, Oregon, Nebraska, Montana, Michigan, and Washington 演説（する）／住所d their letter to HHS 長官 Xavier Becerra and USDA 長，率いる Tom Vilsack calling for any 計画（する）s to be abandoned.
They said: 'The 科学の justification behind the 主張 that potatoes are not vegetables is not strong, and there are 文書d nutritional 利益s of potatoes.'
Potatoes 供給する 決定的な nutrients, 含むing potassium, calcium, 繊維, and ビタミン B6, and reclassifying them as 穀物s would change public perception of their health value and upend 国家の dietary 指導基準s about healthy eating habits.?
産業 groups told 議会 last year they'd heard murmurs about the move, which is believed to be 予定 to the fact potatoes are high in carbohydrates and have a higher glycemic 索引 than most vegetabl es.
Unlike a lot of 穀物s, however, yellow potatoes 含む／封じ込める more 繊維, which slows 負かす／撃墜する the spike in 血 sugar that happens after eating sugars.
Possible reclassification has spooked the food 産業 and the 国会議員s 代表するing large 全住民s of 農業者s who depend on growing and selling their 刈るs for a living.
上院議員s said that the move would 奪う the public of 決定的な nutrients. It would 要求する 調整s to nutritional 指導基準s, 衝撃ing 推薦s for vegetable intake, and any changes to labeling that food companies would have to make may turn off 消費者s.
They 追加するd that 連邦の 栄養 programs, such as school lunches, could be 衝撃d.
They said: 'Under the 国家の School Breakfast and 国家の School Lunch Programs, schools already struggle to 会合，会う vegetable 消費 推薦s at a reasonable cost, and potatoes are often the most affordable vegetable.'
Potatoes are a very cost-効果的な food. A 10 lb 捕らえる、獲得する at WalMart, for instance, would cost about $6. They're also the most 一般的に eaten vegetable in the country, with every American 消費するing almost 49 lbs in 2019. But they're not perfect.
The main a 関心 is about the way potatoes are 用意が出来ている.?
While delicious, 深い frying them or mashing them with a lot of butter and salt, those methods of 準備 追加するs a かなりの 量 of calories, fat, and ナトリウム.?
Boiling them or baking them is a wiser move nutritionally, because it 保存するs the high 繊維 content that 中和する／阻止するs possible spikes in 血 sugar, 促進するs a feeling of fullness, which encourages 負わせる loss.?
This is far from the first time the dietary 指導基準s changes have come until 激しい scrutiny. In 2011, the USDA 提案するd a 限界 of no more than one cup a week of starchy vegetables, which incensed the potato 産業.
Potato es are grown in 概略で 30 明言する／公表するs, though Idaho is the biggest 生産者. The US potato 部門 意味ありげに 上げるs the country's economy, 与える／捧げるing だいたい $100.9 billion in 2021.
国会議員s said: 'It does not make any sense for your departments to reclassify potatoes as a 穀物.
'We 堅固に 勧める you to 避ける reclassifying potatoes as a 穀物 or 示唆する 穀物s and potatoes are interchangeable.'
