I have a question about the "five fruits and veggies a day" thing. We are doing this health challenge at work, and this month's challenge is to eat five servings of fruits and vegetables every day. The fact that I am having a ridiculously difficult time fulfilling this simple challenge is yet another indication of the sorry state I have fallen into nutritionally.

But, setting that aside for the moment, my question is this: since potatoes seem to count as a vegetable (they are even pictured on the brochure I received outlining this month's challenge), can I count a carton of French fries as a serving of vegetables? If I supersize it, does it count as two servings?

Or does something happen to a potato when you slice it into little sticks and immerse it in boiling fat that somehow leeches all the nutritional value out of it?

I need a ruling on this right away, as I'm filling out my Goal Calendar as we speak.