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That you should base your diet on carbohydrates, and minimise fat intake.
Had to learn this pyramid but never applied it. I mean, what did people eat for millions of years? Grains, roots, vegetables and fruits from foraging and now and then a ton of flesh (you can count dairy as extra-fatty flesh). So a lot of full-grain, vegetables and inbetween fruits and once or twice the week flesh and dairy it is for me.
Yes, agreed. But not refined grains. And vegetables/fruits picked when they were ripe; it weeks before and shipped across the globe.
Wait why the f the base is full chok of calories? Is this *how to get child obesity " manual?
Do you not remember the food pyramid? This is what they used to use for nutrition:
Now it’s this:
I remember food pyramids but in my country nobody cares and I don't think people would accept it unless it has beans and rice clearly at the bottom.
The food pyramid is commonly taught in American schools as the “ideal” diet.
It was started as a sales tactic to boost grain sales, but was marketed as scientific research. And since this was started decades ago, you couldn’t simply google their sources to verify whether or not the studies were legit.
Turns out it’s a crock of shit, and teaching it to kids does make childhood obesity rates worse. Because of course it does, an excess of carbs is horrible for you.
Fuck
So the short answer is greed again.
I went through the 30 seconds of effort to make the always has been meme.
Image uploads are down at the moment so just imagine I posted it here, thank you.
Thx for your 30s effort, that's s high compliment from you considering this is the substitute of reddit lol
Because it was sponsored by grain industries. Similar to the “breakfast is the most important meal of the day!” and “milk is good for your bones!” myths.