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Thread: Bye bye food pyramid
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2011-05-31, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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Bye bye food pyramid
Everyone in the US remember the food pyramid we all learned in school? Well, it's going away. The new plan is the four food groups pie chart .
Mmmm ... pie.
Of course, I'm old enough to remember before the pyramid when we just had the lame 'four food groups' -- sugar, salt, caffeine, and fat. I'm not exactly sure why it was replaced by the pyramid, or why the pyramid is going away.
Ah well. That's several hours of health class in school I shan't get back in a hurry.
My wife won't miss it at all, as she calls they pyramid the 'feedlot diet' -- since carbohydrates are on the base of the pyramid at 6-11 servings, she was convinced it caused people to bloat up like little piggies.
Respectfully,
Brian P.
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2011-05-31, 09:02 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
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W-w-w-white text!Originally Posted by Hans
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2011-05-31, 10:27 PM (ISO 8601)
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I don't think that's quite correct... Those Carbohydrates are cereals, whole bread, whole pasta, oatmeal, and such.
At any rate, I can't put sound on the video because there's people sleeping in this room... but looking at the plate with no sound, I think I'd heard of this before. It's nice, really.
I don't think most of the basic concepts have changed, though.Last edited by Haruki-kun; 2011-05-31 at 10:27 PM.
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2011-06-01, 01:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
wait
caffeine was a food group?
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2011-06-01, 01:38 AM (ISO 8601)
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Caffeine is THE food group. All the others don't really matter. If you don't believe me just go by a local High School and look at all the kids drinking the BFC cans of Monster, you know, the ones that say "Warning, your heart will explode if you drink this whole can."
Now where did I put my vente triple shot mocha from Starshmucks"One useless man is called a disgrace, two are called a law firm and three or more become a congress."
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Typical of a non-spellcaster to think so linearly............But it's a line.
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2011-06-01, 01:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
I heard the original food pyramid was funded if not created by the rice and grain lobby. Wouldn't be surprised if there was some truth in that. I'm fine with it going.
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2011-06-01, 01:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
Ridiculous.
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2011-06-01, 04:00 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-01, 04:16 AM (ISO 8601)
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Awesome fremetar by wxdruid.
From the discomfort of truth there is only one refuge and that is ignorance. I do not need to be comfortable, and I will not take refuge. I demand to *know*.
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2011-06-01, 06:58 AM (ISO 8601)
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GRRRRRR!!!
Why is dairy even still included at all? Uhm, dairy is bad, mkay? It's just a scam.
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2011-06-01, 07:03 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
Oh come now, everyone knows that the proper food groups are:
- Gin
- Coffin Nails™
- Coffee
- Cake
And uh... a side of fries.
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2011-06-01, 07:11 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-01, 07:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-01, 08:45 AM (ISO 8601)
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"One useless man is called a disgrace, two are called a law firm and three or more become a congress."
John Adams (lawyer, congressman, 2nd President of the USA)
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Typical of a non-spellcaster to think so linearly............But it's a line.
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2011-06-01, 09:02 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
BACON is the food group.
You heretics.
I won't share all my delicious bacon with any of you then.
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2011-06-01, 09:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-01, 09:23 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-01, 09:25 AM (ISO 8601)
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A bag full. Cheese can get very expensive. And it's totally worth it. The best of them can kill a man at ten paces.
And no, I still have most left. You don't just eat cheese like that.Last edited by Eldan; 2011-06-01 at 09:25 AM.
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2011-06-01, 09:40 AM (ISO 8601)
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One christmas my cousin was visiting with her 4-month old son, who was travelling in a basket. She put him down and began greeting people and we sat down to eat. Soon we heard the little guy began to whimper - not crying but halfway there. And we tried to see if his diaper were full - no, he had just eaten and there seemed to be nothing wrong with him. Then we discovered that she had put him down next to the specially matured Stilton, and the fumes were reaching his nose.
We removed the Stilton and he was fine again.Avatar by CoffeeIncluded
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2011-06-01, 10:14 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
You do have to remember, that through most of the last century, hunger was more of a problem than obesity. That's only been a problem for maybe the last 20 years. Now water is the only healthy
fooddrink because it doesn't provide fat, calories, or actually, anything. It's good because we need water, but milk does provide protein and therefore, for most of my life, was a good product.
Milk in oatmeal was a cheap way to stave off hunger.Last edited by Scarlet Knight; 2011-06-01 at 11:51 AM.
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2011-06-01, 10:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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2011-06-01, 10:39 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
As am I. I use a lot of skim milk, being that my diet aims for low fat and high protein (milk in cereal, protein shakes, etc). Milk is a good source of casein protein, calcium, and vitamin D. Yes, you can take supplement pills instead, but that's true for a lot of vitamins.
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2011-06-01, 11:29 AM (ISO 8601)
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Dairy is a fantastic food group! Yeah, okay, eat nothing but cheese and full-fat milk and see how fast you pile on weight, but as part of a healthy and balanced blah blah blah, it's full of nutrients and vitamins. Especially milk fortified with vitamin D, since vitamin D deficiency is a growing problem for our indoors population, especially here in cloudy, wet, northern Europe with the pale skin that burns easily. When I see the sun at all, I'm wearing sunscreen factor 50!
And I was reading recently where milk is equally good at restoring isotope balance and fast rehydration as those isotope sports drink, only without the sugar and artificial flavourings.
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2011-06-01, 11:31 AM (ISO 8601)
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it's full of nutrients and vitamins.
Tongue-in-Cheek,
Brian P.Last edited by pendell; 2011-06-01 at 11:32 AM.
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2011-06-01, 11:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Bye bye food pyramid
is it just me or do you develop a resistance to caffeine
it is taking me more and more coca cola to get the same buzz lately
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2011-06-01, 12:03 PM (ISO 8601)
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SpoilerLast edited by Asta Kask; 2011-06-01 at 12:09 PM.
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2011-06-01, 12:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Not sure if serious.
Dairy's an excellent source of high-quality protein, vitamins, minerals, and overall tastes good. And how is it a scam?
Market: "Milk, $X.00"
Me: "I would like to buy some Milk."
Market: "Good, we have Milk."
Me: "Great, here's $X.00, give me some Milk."
Market: "Here, have your Milk."
Me: "Great! Now I have Milk."
Hardly seems like I'm being scammed for it... <.<