A third into the month and I'm doing alright on my resolution to eat healthier. Still tweaking my diet though, and found <a href="http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid-full-story/">this info</a> pretty interesting, if not a bit unsettling.
Particularly, the stuff about the USDA is pretty eye opening. I guess it shouldn't be any surprise that money may have played a significant role in the composition of the USDA pyramid. That thing is plastered all over elementary school classrooms, cereal boxes, etc. Seems it may have been less a nutritional guideline and more a clever if not deceptive marketing campaign for various agricultural industries.
The "Healthy Eating Pyramid", on the other hand, seems to be rooted pretty solidly in research. It was published by the Harvard School of Public Health. Note "Health" there, as opposed to a department of "Agriculture" (as in, USDA).
Anyway, if you're at all interested in eating healthier, <a href="http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid-full-story/">it's worth a read</a>.
(edited on May 06 @ 1:16 pm)
Particularly, the stuff about the USDA is pretty eye opening. I guess it shouldn't be any surprise that money may have played a significant role in the composition of the USDA pyramid. That thing is plastered all over elementary school classrooms, cereal boxes, etc. Seems it may have been less a nutritional guideline and more a clever if not deceptive marketing campaign for various agricultural industries.
The "Healthy Eating Pyramid", on the other hand, seems to be rooted pretty solidly in research. It was published by the Harvard School of Public Health. Note "Health" there, as opposed to a department of "Agriculture" (as in, USDA).
Anyway, if you're at all interested in eating healthier, <a href="http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid-full-story/">it's worth a read</a>.
(edited on May 06 @ 1:16 pm)
