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Are potatoes carbs or vegetables?

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Do potatoes count as vegetables or carbs?

Are potatoes a carb? Now we've established that a potato is in fact botanically vegetable, we can confirm that they also belong to the carbohydrate group, one of the three main macronutrients in our diet.

Do potatoes count as carbs?

They're also chock full of starch, which is a carbohydrate. But even though a potato is considered a complex “healthy” carb, your body digests these carbs faster than other kinds of complex carbs. These broken-down carbs flood your blood with sugar.

Does potato count as vegetable?

Potatoes fall into the starchy vegetable category alongside green peas and corn. Along with fiber, vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, potatoes are a source of starchy carbohydrate.

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