root vegetables?

mrsb0310
mrsb0310 Posts: 25 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
can anyone tell me if garlic, ginger and onions are considered root vegetables please? im confused!!

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  • AwesomeSquirrel
    AwesomeSquirrel Posts: 644 Member
    Well ginger is a root... that much I know. Onions and garlic are bulbs... I don't think of them as root vegetables. Is there a particular reason you need to know? I feel like it would be easier to answer your question if we new the angle.
  • Jacwhite22
    Jacwhite22 Posts: 7,010 Member
    Eye don't understand the reason fore this question
  • Cliffslosinit
    Cliffslosinit Posts: 5,044 Member
    Google!!!!:angry:
  • Mama_Mila
    Mama_Mila Posts: 511 Member
    Eye don't understand the reason fore this question


    Omg you have to stop! I have tears rolling down my face
  • mrsb0310
    mrsb0310 Posts: 25 Member
    thanks, im told ginger and garlic are ok but not sure about onions! waiting on a call from my dietician to clarify. the reason is im going for surgery in 2 weeks and need to be on a low carb, liver shrinking diet for the 2 weeks and they say no root vegetables but they dont elaborate! ive googled many times and keep getting conflicting information....could be bulbs, roots, tuberous roots, some are ok some are not! ooooooooh no wonder im confused lol. thanks for your help everyone x
  • kathyms13
    kathyms13 Posts: 497 Member
    a root veg is something were we eat the part that grows in the ground hence root. is this a real question or a joke.
  • Lina4Lina
    Lina4Lina Posts: 712 Member
    Potatoes, turnips, beets, etc.
  • mandylooo
    mandylooo Posts: 456 Member
    thanks, im told ginger and garlic are ok but not sure about onions! waiting on a call from my dietician to clarify. the reason is im going for surgery in 2 weeks and need to be on a low carb, liver shrinking diet for the 2 weeks and they say no root vegetables but they dont elaborate! ive googled many times and keep getting conflicting information....could be bulbs, roots, tuberous roots, some are ok some are not! ooooooooh no wonder im confused lol. thanks for your help everyone x

    Sounds like tthe prohibition is more about starchy root veg such as potatoes then, but onions do have a reasonable amount of sugar in them.

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