Obama Administration getting ready to ditch the Food Pyramid

[The Northerner]

SAN DIEGO (CBS 8) - The Obama Administration is getting ready to ditch the Food Pyramid, a symbol of healthy eating for the last two decades.

In its place, officials are "dishing up" a simple, plate-shaped symbol, sliced into wedges for basic food groups and half-filled with fruits and vegetables.

Beside the plate is a smaller circle for dairy, suggesting a glass of low-fat milk or perhaps a yogurt cup.

The revised pyramid is part of the administration's crusade against obesity, led by first lady Michelle Obama.

Source: http://www.cbs8.com/story/14750182/obama-administration-getting-ready-to-ditch-the-food-pyramid

[randr]

1. It won't be long before the fright winger are worshipping the pyramid

[SkyDaddy7]

9. EXACTLY! LOL! nt.

[Javaman]

12. I can't wait for the video of right wing protesters wearing pyramids on their heads!

:rofl:

[napoleon_in_rags]

2. "half-filled with fruits and vegetables"

Mind blowing but true, that's how we should be eating. I switched to a fruit / veggie centered diet a some weeks back and already lost about 12 pounds, and I feel great. I don't feel starved at all.

edit: The most amazing thing I should mention about this diet - you can stuff your face with food literally all day long and not gain weight, so long as its produce. It rocks.

[Hannah Bell]

4. that's been my experience too. when my diet was 90% plant-based i was about

10 pounds lighter and it took no effort to maintain. i'd like to eat that way but i have a partner & if i have to buy it and cook it unfortunately i will eat it.

[napoleon_in_rags]

5. Same here. Other things too, this month its money.

I bought a bunch a bunch bike stuff and it cut into my food budget. The produce diet is actually pretty expensive, so I had to do a trip that bought the stables like bread and hamburger. I've found its the fat/carb combo that gets you.

[Hannah Bell]

3. i like the plate thing. makes the basic idea immediately clear.

[SoCalDem]

7. An important thing too is to not use a "platter"

When my husband was diagnosed as diabetic, we started using "salad" plates instead of "dinner" plates:)

Tricking the eye helps too:)

[readmoreoften]

6. Food stamps for a family of three in Texas are $27 a month. Not much fruit on that plate.

Not a lot of yogurt cups either.

[maddezmom]

8. a month?

doesn't seem right.

[mopinko]

10. .

http://www.workworld.org/wwwebhelp/food_stamp_benefit_levels.htm

[lame54]

11. why don't they just turn it upside down

[Javaman]

13. Well, they wouldn't be able to call it something nifty then. lol

the food, ummm, inverted...pyramid. Yeah!

or even better, the food wedge!

[FailureToCommunicate]

14. Forget the pyramid, try eating on only $1.50 a day. We tried

recently as part of the "Live Below the Line" poverty campaign. It's tough. You will definitely lose weight!

You can forget that Starbucks -you don't want to blow several days allotment on a coffee drink...

http://www.livebelowtheline.com/?sticky

[lillypaddle]

15. Sounds like socialism to me! nt