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The Food Guide Pyramid
The Food Guide Pyramid is one manner for Americans to read how
to eat healthy. A rainbow of colored, vertical stripes stands
for the five food groups plus fats and oils. Here is what the
colors stand for:
orange = grains green = vegetables red = fruits yellow = fats
and oils blue = milk and dairy products purple = meat, beans,
fish, and nuts
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) modified the pyramid
in spring 2005 because they wanted to do a more enhanced job of
narrating to Americans how to be healthy. The agency later
released a special variation for children. On this website you
will observe a girl ascending the staircase up the side of the
pyramid. That is an example of showing kids how important it is
to exercise and be active every day. From another perspective,
play a lot! The stairs are also a way of showing that you can
make changes in stages to be more healthy. One step at a time,
understand?
The Pyramid Speaks to us in several ways. Let us all confront a
few of the additional topics this new symbol is trying to pass
on:
A person should eat a wide variety of foods. A balanced diet is
one that makes use of all the food groups. From another
perspective, have foods from every color, every day.
We should eat less of some foods, and extra of others. You can
see that the bands for meat and protein are purple and oils are
yellow and less
pronounced than the other ones. The reason is
because you need less of those varieties of foods than your need
of fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy foods.
Your family also can see the bands start out fatter and get
skinnier as they approach the top side. That is designed to show
you that not all foods are made as good as others, even within a
fit food group like fruit. Sometimes, apple pie might be in that
thin section of the fruit band because it has a lot of added
sugar and fat. A whole apple would be turn up in the broad part
for you can eat more of those in a fit eating regimen.
We should all make nutrition personal. Through the USDA's
MyPyramid website, families can get personal recommendations
about the mix of nutrients they need to have and how much he or
she must be eating. There is a children's' variation of the
website available as well. To understand better way s of
applying the food pyramid get access to Super Food Seminars and
interviews with Famous Raw
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