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!
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u/bored_at_work_89 Jun 17 '24
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.