Self-Exam
I Yam What I Yam
Call it a spud spat or tater tiff, but in the back offices of the U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee, there is talk of removing the potato's designation as a vegetable and recategorizing it as a grain.
Naturally, there is opposition, principally from Big Potato, which views the vegetable designation to be good for business, even if nutritionally speaking, potatoes are more like a refined carbohydrate.
A spokesperson for the National Potato Council predicts a "chaotic outcome" if potatoes lose their veggie luster.
The current dietary guidelines are under review, with new ones slated to debut in 2025. There's still time for opposing forces to see eye to eye, or in this case, eyes to eyes.
Body of Knowledge
For the approximately 10% of readers who are left-handed:
If you are left-handed, chances are your mother was also left-handed, but your father was right-handed. A woman over the age of 40 is 28% more likely to bear a left-handed child. A premature infant is five times more likely to be left-handed. Left-handers tend to use their right hands more frequently than right-handers use their left hands.
Experts claim that when they walk into a room, left-handers tend to turn left and right-handers tend to turn right. Left-handers tend to be better at algebra; the reason, suggest some, is that their brains are better suited to dealing with the abstract.
Artists, musicians and academic women are more likely than average to be left-handed. but also have an advantage as musicians because the regions of their brains that deal with sound are larger and better developed.
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