I am sure that many of you are familiar with the food pyramid. We've all grown up with it and seen it in school, doctors offices, and several other places. I would always turn my mind off to it when I saw it, probably because it was everywhere. I had heard in so many places to be healthy and get healthy that you kind of become numb to it. Well, it is a guide that's there for a reason, so we're going to hash it out again. :) You'll see a bit more of it over the next few days.
Did you know that the food pyramid is actually gone? Yeah, Mrs. Obama obliterated it. It now looks like this:
A plate. I guess this is a little less confusing for people. Easier to see and gets the point across pretty quickly.
Here are a few other ones from years past:
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| This one was released in 2005 and you can see they added the stairs to the side suggesting to us that diet alone will not keep us healthy. |
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| This one is from 1992 and the introduction of the pyramid. |
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| From the 1970's. |
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| From the 1960's. |
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| From the 1950's, possibly 1940's. I saw two different dates on this one. |
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| This is the earliest food guide I could find. Released in the 1940's. |
As you can see they have cut back dramatically on the number of servings of meat and dairy products and added in a lot more servings of fruits and vegetables. I am going to be taking the next few days (starting tomorrow, New Year's Eve) to break this down and work out what each group means for a healthy diet and healthy life. Hopefully this will motivate you to make some healthy changes in the new year.
