| The Food Guide Pyramid was created more | | | | essential for good health. |
| than ten years by the United States Department | | | | • The amount of food recommended in |
| of Agriculture. The food pyramid illustrates what | | | | May also be harmful to our health. |
| the USDA said were the elements of a healthy | | | | ..... So, what to eat to stay healthy and to |
| food pyramid diet. The food Pyramid was taught | | | | become? |
| in schools, the media and brochures, cereal boxes | | | | A new food pyramid guide published in early |
| and food labels. It seems that the last word on | | | | January 2005: |
| everything that we really comer. | | | | • We will continue to focus on weight |
| Food guide pyramid is a fable. Not the way to a | | | | control; |
| healthy diet. We were told today the food guide | | | | • fats were considered bad. The new |
| pyramid is based on weak evidence. Has not | | | | guidelines emphasize low and to limit our saturated |
| changed over the year to reflect major advances | | | | fats. No hay limit artificially low in fat. The last |
| in understanding the relationship between diet and | | | | piece of advice that is recommended to arrive |
| health. | | | | between 20% and 35% of calories from fat. The |
| Recently, the USDA withdrew the old food | | | | new food pyramid guidelines also recognize the |
| guide pyramid and replaced it with my pyramid, a | | | | potential health benefits of polyunsaturated fatty |
| new system of symbols and orientation. This | | | | acids and monounsaturated fats; |
| revision is primarily the result of the food pyramid | | | | • complex carbohydrates is a term used in |
| his side. | | | | the past that has little biological significance; |
| Good news about the new food pyramid : | | | | • New food pyramid americans recommend |
| • For the poor and buried in pyramids. | | | | limiting intake of sugar and stressles benefits of |
| The bad news about food pyramid. | | | | whole grains; |
| • The new food pyramid does not give us | | | | • The guidelines suggest eating half the |
| enough information to help us make informed | | | | grains as refined starch, refined starch, but acting |
| decisions about our diet and health in the long | | | | like or sugar, add empty calories, have adverse |
| term. | | | | metabolic effects and increase the risk of |
| • We continue to recommened that are not | | | | diabetes and heart. |