So good to have family at home! The raised beds have been built thanks to the bro and dad! The stomach is pleasantly full thanks to food from mom! Tomorrow we go to Asheville, which has some of the best vegetarian food in a small radius ever! Life is good despite difficult days at work.
So quick post on pyramids. The USDA has this food pyramid that we all learned in school growing up. Then they had a meeting, revamped it, and flipped the pyramid on its side. The new version doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me, and ultimately doesn't tell you how much of each food you should eat. And at the end of the day, it's not really grounded in the most recent nutrition science.
So I introduce you to the Healthy Eating Pyramid designed by nutrition scientists at Harvard School of Public Health. These are the guys that got kicked out of the meeting when deciding what to put on the new pyramid, because they were countering the Dairy Council and Meat lobbyists saying it was not scientific to have that much dairy and red meat in our diet. So this new pyramid takes all that into account, as well as the importance of whole grains, healthy fats, and exercise.
Take a look and see if this could be a good guide for you in choosing healthy options. The link above gives you more of an explanation on each category. Enjoy!
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