Comments on: Pyramid vs Plate: will this new image make Americans less fat?

By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 19:00:25 +0000

It’s also sad that we apparently have to tell mothers not to put Coke into their babies’ bottles (I’m not kidding – I have seen this!) so for some, maybe these ‘plate/pyramids’ are indeed big news. Thanks for your comment.
Cheers,
C.

By: XOX

XOX — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 13:38:04 +0000

Isn’t it sad that in the world’s wealthiest nation people need to have some government guide like this to tell them what they should and shouldn’t be eating? We have so much in this country, yet we choose to stuff our faces with non-nutritive food-style products. And then we wonder why Americans are obese and sick. Thx for this, Carolyn.

By: Carolyn Thomas

Carolyn Thomas — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 18:41:02 +0000

Very true. That’s why “Shop mostly on the outside aisles of the grocery store” is good advice, because all the processed stuff is in those centre aisles.
Cheers,
C.

By: Dr Joe

Dr Joe — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 14:13:32 +0000

The plate is an improvement on the pyramid because it is easier to follow so is a step in the right direction.

Sadly any government advice will be of limited value. The simplest dietary advice is to eat foods which our ancestors could gather or catch (they could gather more than they could catch) and roughly in those proportions.This cuts out processed and packaged food.