Article: Four Changes You Need To Be Aware Of In The New Food Pyramid
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Four Changes You Need To Be Aware Of In The New Food Pyramid
It has been twelve years since the United States Department of Agriculture has updated the Food Pyramid. Most of us are familiar with the old one. That pyramid emphasized foods you should eat more of on the bottom of the pyramid with foods to be eaten in smaller amounts on the top. The New Food Pyramid is an inverse pyramid. The food groups are color coded, with the size of the sections emphasizing the proportions of foods eaten in each group. You will also notice a figure, climbing some steps, on the side of the pyramid which symbolizes exercise as a part of the total plan.
The following are four important changes in the New Food Pyramid:
1 Have at least three ounces of your grains be whole grains. On a 2,000 calorie meal plan that would amount to one half of...
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