The New Food Pyramid Interpretation


The US government offers a food pyramid chart to show us what to eat for a healthy and balanced diet. While the original food pyramid levels used to explain the different amounts of food we should eat different food groups, the government has redesigned the food pyramid to reflect our growing knowledge of food chemistry and how it affects us.

The new food pyramid uses tilted vertical lines to show the proportions of foods should be eaten. Grains are still a very important part of our diet; the government recommends that you should eat about 6 ounces per day on a diet of 1,800 calories. This means that whole wheat products, rather than enrichment of white bread and pasta process.


The next group in the food pyramid is vegetables. Although once touted the benefits of green vegetables, we now know that green vegetables are not the only beneficial. You should vary your intake of vegetables, so that you receive the different vitamins and minerals associated with different vegetables.

Also, you should try to eat 1.5 cups of fruit a day. Such as vegetables, fruits of different colors are different important nutrients, so you should try to vary your fruit well. The reason the government recommends that you eat less fruit than vegetables is that fruit usually have a lot of natural sugars. Then there is a small line of grease and oil from the column of fruit and dairy products. Oils is technically not a food, but you need healthy oils such as omega-3 fatty acids to promote heart health and reducing bad cholesterol levels. You should try to consume 3 cups of dairy products per day, to ensure you get the calcium you need. Dairy products are milk itself, cheese, yogurt and others. If you are vegetarian, you can get this protein from beans and peanut butter. If you are not a vegetarian, you should avoid too much fat red meat.

You can not always prevent you from getting sick or injured, then you should consider getting health insurance to help you get the care you need when you are sick.

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