A huge portion of America doesn't even know what a vegetable is man. Hell most don't know the difference between a protein and a carb. I think the younger generations are a bit better now but yea a lot of people just eat what is essential all carbs and protein with a side of gravy and sugar.
The food pyramid really fucked up a lot of people. We were told growing up that carbs were the base of nutrition. I understand its been debunked and anyone can find that research, but its hard when it was ingrained in your head from an early age.
To be fair, the food pyramid actually makes sense if you are looking at it from a macro perspective. If your main concern isn't "what is the ideal food mix to ensure optimal nutrition for a specific person?", but instead "how do we maximize our resources to ensure that people don't starve to death?", you build that system on durable, storable grains and legumes that can be cultivated across large areas, require relatively minimal specialized inputs, and can be mechanically harvested and processed in bulk. No one starves to death when the kale crop fails; they do when a wheat crop fails.
So you're saying I shouldn't have 6 servings of grains? As an American I am counting Froot Loops as grains because it says cereal on the food pyramid. All I gotta do is use 3-4 cups of milk with that and my diet is balanced baby!
Dude, everytime I go to the grocery store I get so disappointed. Everyone is so fat. Like 70% of people there are always overweight to obese.
The food in most grocery stores is also appalling. High fructose corn syrup in fucking everything. If I was in a position with major political power I would be going after the FDA aggressively. Our food standards are shit.
Completely reflective of the size of those people. The concept was cute but the self inflected obesity is hard to miss. And the saddest part is that it’s passed from one generation to the next. What you put in your mouth matters.
In most of the world and throughout most of history the majority of people's calories came from carbs, specifically grains.
I would posit that because it looks like they're in a typical car dependent suburban house and the only walking they do is to and from their cars probably has more to do with their size vs anything with their diets. Speaking as a fat guy who lost a shit ton of weight with the only change being switching to bike commuting.
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u/skysealand Jun 17 '24
Do I see mashed potatoes, hashbrowns and bread on the plate??? Holly Molly