Did the Food Pyramid Make Us Fat? | Freethink Wrong

To address rising health problems in the 1980s, scientists and policymakers developed the US Food Pyramid to encourage healthy eating. But despite a massive public education campaign, obesity and diabetes continued to rise. What happened? How did we get it so… wrong? Subscribe: freeth.ink/youtube-subscribe-...
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[@nathanpellerito7013]

What the video says: Mistakes in labeling The truth: Sugar industry lobbying

[@iammrblue2774]

Totally

[@helmhammerhand6063]

lol gay XD

[@celestialknight2339]

100%. That’s why I disliked this video-it’s totally spreading false information. Either it’s being sponsored by food companies, or the channel owner is hopelessly ignorant and confused.

[@Bliffenstimmers]

My elementary school always did the food pyramid, and in middle school they had the food plate thing. I was always confused about the change.

[@carrieullrich5059]

It's simple food by nature is healthy, food manufactured by corporations in America is not, there's a reason most American food additives are banned from import into other countries.

[@jerrycurl637]

if God didn't make it, don't take it!!!!!

[@TehKaiser]

The scientists didn't tell you that grain starches are carved up into disaccharides like maltose, sucrose, or oligosaccharides before being cleaved into glucose and/or fructose all the same. A Jolly Rancher has either sucrose or high-fructose corn syrup. So there's a big question on why sweets were limited while grains were to be eaten the most when the sugar/carbs were going to flood the body all the same.

[@michael9712]

I have never met anyone who follows the health pyramid...

[@NinjaEule]

Maybe not knowingly, but when everyone is telling you fat is bad you might pick up that low-fat product (that is filled with tones of sugar). Especially when its 20% off.

[@sumayya003]

Yo nice to meet you, I’d been following it until 6 minutes ago. I guess I add to the list of people you’ve met who don’t follow it...oh well

[@marissaghost]

It has become a subconscious diet, people do it without even realizing it. I was taught the food pyramid in the second grade, and never realized until recently how much it formed by eating habits

[@pccalcio]

Not willingly maybe. If I ask 10 friends to describe me what they eat in a week the pyramid is what comes out without them even knowing its existence. It has become cultural and has its roots in our markets and minds.

[@pccalcio]

Hey @IhaveaPlaystation4 ! Would you mind briefly describing what your diet consists of ?

[@jordancraig5465]

Our schools still use the food pyramid!

[@helmhammerhand6063]

lol gay XD

[@KudosK42]

@@helmhammerhand6063 what

[@workingwithlogic]

@@helmhammerhand6063 tf?

[@Notme811_you]

Over processed things are the problem

[@someguy2135]

I agree. Whole foods are generally beneficial. Processed foods, usually are not.

[@rosehearttoxic1691]

Carbs bad, fat good

[@JaN-du3or]

One of them

[@xXxequisxXx]

Part of it, yeah. Processed junk is cheaper to buy than whole foods, so economics comes into play as well. :/

[@user-dh8ur7pp5p]

xXxequisxXx you have to be willing to pay for good health, and save on medical bills later though

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[@dylantuohy4531]

That is completely right

[@moefritz6225]

A year later and no, people do not care if it tastes good.

[@helmhammerhand6063]

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[@jayr6637]

As a kid I remember my mother tried following the low fat crap, while my dad would eat pork with crackling and all. Obviously my mother was overweight and my dad was lean. He's always avoided doctors as if they were out to kill you and ignored most of what they said when he did see them. Considering he's now in his 80's, lives on his own and still works for himself making pet projects etc, I think he's been vindicated!

[@grayisgood]

Your father, by pure random chance, got better health genes than your mother did. Lucky for him. That does not make him right about diet or doctors. I hope for you that you got some of his healthy body genes.

[@jayr6637]

@@grayisgood Genetics plays a part for sure, but I think the biggest factor is what you eat, closely followed by your level of physical activity. My mother was an office worker, father was a boilermaker welder. Take a look around next time you pass a construction site and count how many obese workers you see compared to an office!

[@grayisgood]

@@jayr6637 yes, physical activity is definitely part of it.

[@andrewreynolds912]

How did he kept in shape? Fat lose always confused me

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[@frogoggles4259]

I accidentally watched all the way through it was that good

[@Echs_D33]

This guy augury’d. I did too a year ahead.

[@helmhammerhand6063]

lol gay XD

[@erine.9094]

This is the type of ad I never skip

[@Taggert2222]

I personally never believed that the food pyramid could be good for everyone... I guess after all this time I was right. I also have to say this is a great content format! please keep making the videos super high quality like this, its great!

[@jordanandrew2786]

I eat a high fat, high fiber, and high protein diet. People just need to cut out heavy starches and sugar.

[@InvestmentBankr]

What are you talking about, you can't have high fat, high carb, high protein. 33% + 33% + 33% + blah = 100. To count as high, one must be "higher!".

[@helmhammerhand6063]

lol gay XD

[@jodinha4225]

The only problem I have with this is your use of the words “sugar” and “carbohydrate”. Sugars are carbohydrates, so if your gonna separate sugars then you should separate all the carbohydrates to make it more accurate.

[@xxfrosty609xx3]

derik yolk carbs have glucose, which is sugar

[@sfglim5341]

derik yolk You have it backwards Carbohydrates are sugars

[@someguy2135]

@ Not Gay Sugars are carbohydrates, but carbohydrate rich food is not sugar. Sugar is ultra processed carbohydrate rich food. Sugar takes sugarcane or sugar beets and removes the healthful components. There is a reason to use both terms. They are not exactly the same thing. One is a subset of the other. Other types of carbohydrates are starches and cellulose fiber.

[@tomneo2004]

Your body don’t give a damn they all end up glucose

[@keithwisdom1663]

@@someguy2135 wrong tricked is into thinking car bo are not sugar. It's all ends being glucose and healthy fat is actually better than carbos.

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Just found out about this channel today and already love it. You guys are definitely going to blow up soon.

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I found this channel because of your add, It's so great and informative. Soon, this channel is going to be huge so keep up your work. 🤗

[@George83_Thomas]

This video was one of the few full-length ads I watched. Nice channel you got here

[@Tangerine_x3]

I found this threw an ad and honestly this is the first time i didnt skip an ad and was genuinely interested

[@mrmon6661]

Bill Nye the science guy was at the root of the problem.

[@BarbellRoy]

LOVE IT! 😂

[@rosehearttoxic1691]

Still is

[@helmhammerhand6063]

lol gay XD

[@creyes4182]

If you think you don’t follow the food pyramid consider the fact that literally everything we eat has added carbs and sugar. Even low fat “healthy” labeled foods are loaded with sugar.

[@grayisgood]

Fresh fruits and vegetables have nothing added.

[@grayisgood]

@NinjaSkyborg it will sell better with the added sugar. People are used to the sugar, they don't want food without the sugar. And they don't read the label or even know what healthy food is in the first place. We are taught poor eating habits, an unhealthy diet. The food industry is a huge political machine and in fact actually funds the fda.

[@Xander1Sheridan]

@@grayisgood fruit is loaded with natural sugar. It is not good for you in large portions.

[@grayisgood]

@@Xander1Sheridan Not added sugar. Unprocessed and minimally processed plants are the healthiest foods, by far.

[@RBzee112]

​@@grayisgoodNot without supplements.

[@SunnySky7]

Wow. I got to this channel via ad. The first time I actually watched a KZbin ad all the way through willingly. Ha! So happy to find this channel. Very interesting. I’ve been enjoying these.

[@BeefEater69]

I just watched this while video as an ad and couldnt stop watching. The flow of this definitely had me hooked and curious

[@ThatguyakaPeter]

I was just trying to watch a video and got this as an ad. I ended up watching the whole ad.

[@karoki6959]

Love this channel, clean and short, people need to see more channels like this

[@generalofschiffsrussiantro9722]

Fathead is a great documentary about this subject.

[@JustAReminder]

agreed, compared to that this was kind lol.

[@stickyblicky4608]

How are these guys not that big yet I just can't stop watching amazing work guys

[@frogoggles4259]

Wanna know something funny? This popped up as an ad, and I watched for a little bit. It was only after a while I realized I was still watching. It was that good. I formative too.

[@Imwatchingu2andu]

First time I watched an ad on a KZbin video all the way. Kudos to this very entertaining channel.

[@heartdragon2386]

You forgot to mention the amount a lobbying that went into changing the guidelines into what the food pyramid became. Also, that was misleading showing the article on butter being good. That is not what the original study concluded.

[@celestialknight2339]

Lol exactly. Either the video uploader is grossly negligent (failed to mention this hugely important point) or hopelessly native and ignorant and doesn’t know how the world works!

[@britishhugsxxx7]

The context in this channel is phenomenal

[@dylanwilliams7868]

Saw your video on population vs food growth in ad, watched the whole thing. Clicked on this one after to subscribe. Keep up the great work, you'll be a youuuuge success!

[@ravioliperson4836]

Wow thanks for the update

[@Technickcall]

Just like what Cartman said in South Park " the pyramid is upside down"

[@ridheesh4765]

Easily the most underrated channel

[@jacobvazquez3855]

never watched a 5 min ad until this one lol

[@AGGSab]

Why am I just now getting this ad

[@jerrycurl637]

"An oversimplified, one-size fits all recommendation is a pretty sure fire recipe for getting things WRONG" ....this very simple logic can be applied to vaccines as well.

[@Leonhart_93]

With the food it's a complexity issue. Many carbs variations, many fats variations. Some are very healthy and fundamental, some are as toxic as alcohol. Not necessarily the same thing as vaccines which are basically "come here immune doggy, eat this virus thingy"

[@danielk3126]

This was a good ad. Glad KZbin gave me this ad.

[@gordon_7770]

Thanks for the great ad! (The population bomb ad) Subbed!

[@kaben8370]

The rise of obesity might also because there are some people who are saying that its ok to be obese calling it fat acceptance. So there's that.

[@ghostofdeath260]

I remember when my elementary PE teacher would tech us about the food pyramid when I was a kid. They would always have test about the food pyramid, I hated doing that test because I didn’t get most the time. When I finished elementary school and moved to middle school, (Which was between 2011 to 2012.) they never taught us about the food pyramid ever again and I was so confused as I wondering as what happened to the pyramid? And here I am in 2019 watching the how the food pyramid came and went.

[@KudosK42]

Fat: "I'm your worst NIGHTMARE!!!* Sugar: "The kids table is over there."

[@peridorkster2634]

Just eat only soup youll stay thin. I had two bowls of soup a day and regulaur dinner I got super thin and had problems keeping wieght on

[@stevendx6601]

MIT researcher correlated the rise of glyphosate with disease and obesity explaining the liver seggregates toxins into fat when overwhelmed as a real concern. It sounds plausible as we depend on microbes for nutrients only they can make.

[@peachytea8841]

Oooh I got this In an ad and was so interested.

[@julian.kollataj]

A key node missing in that network visual was psychology/emotions, but apart from that, a worthwhile video to reflect upon :)

[@shepardpower]

I saw this as an ad and I watched it. I actually like this video.

[@shewhomustnotbenamed3407]

Everything makes so much more sense now! I've heard people complaining about the food pyramid being totally wrong before and never understood it, because I thought "Wait, the food pyramid isn't that bad!". Turns out, we were just thinking of different food pyramids. I had never seen the American one before and always thought all of them looked the same, but actually the ones I'm familiar with (grew up in Europe) are different. Water and sometimes tea at the bottom, followed by vegetables and fruit, then (whole) grains, dairy, meat and healthy fats (the order of those last 4 isn't always the same) and at the top are sweets, alcohol and junk food.

[@louiedoyle3711]

In my school as a sophomore they are they teaching us that fats are bad and that carbs good. We still learn the food pyramid and myplate

[@jimbojackson4045]

I was just waiting for the part where they said they replaced fat w/ sugar to make their "low fat" variety. Had the opposite effect. Oopsie!

[@organicgreenpeace6360]

I kno we're evolving but im so sick of everything being a fatal lie, lifes so depressing in these ways too

[@VegasMilgauss]

Let’s be honest, these blobs didn’t get that way by overeating wholewheat pasta and bread.

[@StrawberryFeildsforNever]

The one time an add pulled me in 👀

[@donovanreimer2324]

Great videos. very impressed.

[@jativerspo2953]

I was going to watch a video, but I got an ad of this video and was like “Might as well watch it”.

[@brendanp9415]

Great video. Do I hear my man Dallas Taylor from 20k narrating?

[@feartheghus]

I was fortunate because my parents were smart and their parents were smart and we held onto the historical knowledge. Even better my mother was a biologist. Because of all this we didn’t care what the government told us we should eat, we just ate healthy foods, in moderation, and tried to have variety.

[@jeo1812]

I am wondering if the MyPlate diagram is having more success in combating obesity and diabetes. I know that as a when I volunteered with a science education program for elementary school student, we now use the MyPlate for nutrition education

[@samblanchard6837]

The pyramid is upside down This is a South Park reference if you don’t get it

[@dylantuohy4531]

This video is interesting it was an advertisement for me and it caught my attention which is weird because the videos I watch never really do and it is the first video I watched all of the way through.

[@laurahuynh8333]

Fat is considered an enemy when certain fats are healthy. A diet with unsaturated fat makes you healthy. Keep in mind those “low-fat” foods have more sugar and salt because the lower fat takes away the flavor, so sugar and salt must be added; it makes it more unhealthy.

[@ChrisAnderson1986]

Its because we are uneducated in nutrition that we are unsure what's good or bad. But i am pretty sure natural sugars, avocados, eggs, olive oil, coconut oil & organic fat fish will make you to a superhuman :D When you hungry, you crave for sugar, fats & high energy all which persist in junk food. So they trick you, when all you had to do is look for the tasty superfoods change your brain dynamics for food by consistent eating the right ones will make you crave them more.

[@donthenoob]

Who else came here because of the KZbin ad? I did and I just came to see the actual video because I want to like it and subscribe👍🏽

[@stephenh7336]

Laziness has made people fat. Imagine a world where you work at home in front of a computer all day. Then you play video games and/or binge streaming videos all evening. But you get hungry, so you order your groceries online, then order a delievery service to bring said groceries to your door. But you get 'really' hungry while waiting, so you order another delievery service to pick up some fast food and bring it to your home while you wait. Oh....this is America, we already live in that world.

[@angelaboheme7361]

way underrated

[@TehKaiser]

They didn't tell the public that "sweets" and starches are cleaved by enzymes very quickly in the small intestine into glucose all the same. So the flood of glucose would be the same, although the starches might take a few more minutes than pure sucrose cleaved by sucrase.

[@idealoading]

What is the soundtrack he use

[@wandsofpage]

Normally I'd be upset at finding somebody promoting their channel through an ad, but I'm actually glad it led me here

[@judithmorton8658]

I'm trying to find the video that the investigative journalist spent 10 years researching on the people behind the new pyramid.

[@Echs_D33]

There shouldn’t be low fat things in snack foods. If you want to be healthy, don’t eat them, and if you don’t care, eat regular snacks.

[@kane2742]

Is the voice-over by Dallas Taylor of the podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz?

[@peppertalks6948]

What did they mean by “serving”?

[@MrMaelstrom07]

Who is the narrator of this video? I think he's someone that work(s/ed) for 99PercentInvisible.

[@0N3..]

I watched 5:05 minutes of the video and that was a nice intro, but where is the rest of the video?

[@jmmotorsport778]

amazing video, keep it up :)

[@pattyandbustershow1031]

Not to mention the altered flour, etc.

[@thesrg5465]

I completely agree, but did you really use a clip from the weird al “fat” music video?

[@coralbete7507]

Sources?

[@GGG-hh5jo]

This one can be solve by exercising often

[@iowanimperium7258]

Meanwhile, I keep eating the food my Grandma makes which her recipes come from her grandmother, no low fat food here.

[@jodinha4225]

Human diet: meat, insects, fruit, vegetables. Thats what we are built to eat. Modern foods not bad for you, its just more “dense” so you dont need to eat as much. Too that people that claim animal fat causes cancer: cancer is caused by mutations during cell division and is enviable if you like long. TLDR: eat what you want.

[@internetexplorer789]

Not Gay lol you realize meat always increased cell division via the compound mtor. 99.99 percent of our evolution we ate fruit and vegetables exclusively. Thats why we actually die if we dont consume enough vitamin c. We ate so much fruit and vegetables that out bodies don’t naturally produce it.

[@nikoshadowburn7622]

Who else is happy they saw this ad?

[@amhanson_]

Ok, just know, they are talking about type 2 diabetes. Not type 1, which is the worse of the two. You have NO control over type 1.

[@MrSmallANDLoud]

No one followed the food pyramid. Most Americans ignored the advice.

[@phillipgraham1422]

I require the music please.

[@vulcan4d]

They rushed into it without additional research. Look up the new studies which include insulin and the effect on your body. That will teach you how to eat, and what to avoid to eat. It is life changing, put your health in your hands.

[@seongminsong6408]

We have to watch this during the covid-19 outbreak for homework

[@efisher182]

anyone see the South Park upside where Cartman fixes the pyramid by turning it upside down ? lol Upside down, it's basically the keto diet, which is helping people reverse their diabetes and obesity interestingly

[@chardelraconner7324]

grinding my gears

[@Aaron25thinfantry]

Yes,that and it's way more expensive to eat Healthy...cut carbs

[@jiminugotnojams4847]

no its because of fast food

[@idesofmarchUNIAEA]

4:24 Woody Allen was right in the movie "sleeper"

[@mattrod613]

Look at countries/cultures that are ACTUALLY consuming whole plant foods, nearly exclusively, and then look at Americans and tell me what you notice in terms of prevelance of our most common diseases.

[@chardelraconner7324]

dentistay grinding my gears

[@army12bc4]

considering the new exercise pyramid has like raking leaves and yardwork at the bottom then having exercise like running on the next layer. Ya its all wrong.

[@lyonresto-leguidedesrestos3176]

🙌🏽 🙌🏽 Sublime !. Félicitations !.

[@terrie001]

Damn damn damn damn. I have been believing the pyramid since I was in school as a kid. Thankfully, I took it as a general guideline and not a strict diet when choosing my food… so I ended up not being a fat person or anything. But even looking at diet is just an oversimplification of this whole problem as we now know that people’s genes play an important role.

[@gabbyquiroz5720]

How can you eat skinny?

[@someguy2135]

Fat is not necessarily unhealthy, but isolated fat can be. Healthy fat is found in nuts, seeds, and avocados. Processed "food" products are the problem.

[@Templarfreak]

Don't you think that, you know, maybe part of the problem was that *basically nobody followed it to begin with???*

[@Graeme_Lastname]

I lost over 50KG by simply reducing my carb intake. Nothing else, just that.

[@danielwang7472]

Carbs is not the enemy

[@JoeNielsen44]

Bout sums it up 😁

[@CoffeeFresh_]

I really dont think the food pyramid was the problem. It was the people who didn't follow the food pyramid and did not exercise. One thing that has increased since 1992 is the amount of fast food people eat. Some eat fast food every day. Which is not recommended by the food pyramid.

[@theyreheretokillus]

i remember all kinds of bullshit as a kid such as "well when you eat pasta you typically eat it with pasta sauce, meat, veggies, and cheese so it balances out"

[@lazerzombie1281]

Im doinv the keto diet