How Big Business Built the Food Pyramid

[@deetercc]

Having worked in healthcare food service for a number of years over the course of my career,I suddenly feel vindicated on feeling at times like the guidance seemed to change and contradict itself at times.

[@Savannah_Simpson]

Well 1) when you have factors like corporate lobbying involved things will end being kicked back and forth. 2) Science is always improving and getting more information so obviously what we know will change. Would you prefer them not to change when they get new information just so that you don’t get confused?

[@bethanythatsme]

​@@Savannah_Simpsonwhy do you feel the need to be condescending?

[@lookoutforchris]

@@Savannah_Simpsonyou’re actually this naive? We know for a fact nutrition “science” is bought and paid for at the top universities by large food companies. All the research on fat done since the late 1980s has collapsed after it was revealed it was all funded by the sugar industry. Dum dumbs like you trust the (((science))) 🤡

[@ihatetrainyards4859]

@@Savannah_Simpson The problem is this happened in the first place... we knew the food pyramid was s#*t and bad for you in the 1950's already

[@Quagigitymire]

@@Savannah_Simpson Damn, having a rough day or just cruel? lol... Relax, each of us have our own experience and path in this life. No need to shit on strangers just to be petty.

[@Savannah_Simpson]

Perfect example of why lobbying needs to be outlawed.

[@adria89]

💯

[@mirzaahmed6589]

Perfect example of why we need far less government.

[@pwnage765]

From what I've gathered, that may cause other, unforseen problems itself. The whole system is screwy.

[@asahearts1]

​@@mirzaahmed6589Bingo. Department of Agriculture was almost explicitly built for corruption.

[@seleukoskallinikos]

The problem is capitalism.

[@elizabethramsey9295]

Back in the early 2000s all the high school campuses had coke machines until some official decided to discontinue the sugary sodas. Then it was decided sugary sports drinks were a better replacement.

[@imustbecrazy5626]

Michelle "Big Mike" Obama did that.

[@morganschiller2288]

Yep then it went to energy drinks. Crazy times

[@joshabreu1156]

Ha I remember that

[@glitchsister]

they got electrolytes in them, plants love the stuff

[@lynemac2539]

"Water? You mean like in the toilet"?!

[@MrBigKeevan]

It’s crazy, even in elementary school in the 90s I remember asking my teacher “so I can eat 11 slices of bread and that’s healthy?” And she explained the importance of variety so I asked what other kinds of whole grains I could eat and she said “pasta”. I argued until I got a note sent home. Never did make any sense that I could eat 5 slices of bread and 5 servings of spaghetti and that was a good thing.

[@Magnulus76]

If you were a pro athlete, you could probably eat that much bread, in addition to the other foods.

[@Ubeogesh]

I eat 10 slices of bread on a good day. Some is whole grain, some is not, but I consider it a good part of my diet. There are many things much worse than bread

[@spartancrap9710]

​@@Ubeogeshno way you consider that a healthy diet ong

[@Ubeogesh]

@@spartancrap9710 why not? Bread is not bad. It's OK carb source

[@MikaelaKMajorHistory]

Lol, that’s pretty much what I thought as a kid until my doctors told me I have to avoid gluten. Apparently it makes me bloat and constipate.

[@Oonagh72]

When I was in school my professor literally said that the food pyramid was pointless because of all the lobbying.

[@jes4026]

Nice.

[@SomeOrangeCat]

Pizza is round and has food on it. That's my food wheel!

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

Preach it, sister! Testify! 🍕 🍕 🍕

[@glennso47]

Remember that “pi are square “. No! Pi are round!

[@MisterHowzat]

What's the use of a wheel if it can't take me places 🤪

[@joghog3279]

I don’t know who did their homework on this one, but as a registered dietitian, I have to say: SLAM DUNK!!! we have trying to debunk this for 20 years. I actually forwarded this to a friend of mine that taught advanced nutrition courses for a major university, because I think it should be required viewing for anyone in that course of study.

[@danielwang7472]

What’s your ideal healthy diet what works for you might not be for everyone

[@kingofhearts3185]

Any advice for the fairly inactive lifestyle that seems to be getting inescapable these days? I'm 5'8 and barely need 1700 calories most days.

[@carlyndolphin]

I’ve been on a carnivore diet for 20 years. I thought we needed vitamin C every day? I’m 44 and exercise 4 to 5 times per week.

[@analyticalhabitrails9857]

Then what is the original food pyramid consiated of? Link, please?

[@user-pc5qj2ix2c]

The stupid thing is upside down. Of course people get fat when their entire diet has a base of carbs and sugars instead of proteins.

[@mazaroth7]

You guys forgot the most important puzzle piece of food stamp programs and how they relate to the food pyramid

[@jusk8lp]

I remember being taught about the food pyramid in school. I didn't exactly follow it. I remember I ate more sweets than I should have. But that combined with cereals and grains (as recommended) just made me fat. By the time I was an adult, I was convinced that the food pyramid isn't even scientifically accurate. I'm currently working toward increasing my protein intake and watching my macros instead.

[@GrumpyMeow-Meow]

All I know is, a low carb, good fat diet helped me lose 50 pounds at the age of 62, even though our PA kept insisting it wasn’t good for me. After the pandemic, I don’t believe any of these experts are motivated by anything but kickbacks.

[@raggedyanarchist]

I thought I was experiencing the Mandela effect... I was positive we learned fruit and veg was the food group you were to eat most in the '90s. Turns out it's just because I'm Canadian and the Canada Food Guide differs a bit. They still WAY oversold us on carbs, but it was veg first carbs second here, rather than the other way around, since 1982, apparently. I have no point -- I just wanted to reassure the other Canadians you're not losing your minds. 😆

[@leviotten]

Yee. The refined it furrher recently to be overloaded with fruit, veg, and whole grains. Seems like the goal is to avoid as much processing as possible because thats the step in which companies and producers add things that lead to ill health.

[@armchairdefective]

I love the way this channel references real life trending topics like the misinformation train. Also can we get a video on foods that were reformulated to make Americans feel more comfortable? For example: in the 1950s cake mix was reformulated so that you had to add eggs and oil yourself so people felt more like they were cooking. AND potatoes used to be sold clean from dirt, but people thought it was unnatural and that it meant the potatoes were full of preservatives and chemicals so the potato people started putting dirt BACK on them to make people feel better.

[@lynemac2539]

Humans can be very silly.

[@lookoutforchris]

Where are you buying dirty potatoes? I’ve never seen or heard of such a thing other than maybe if you’re buying from a roadside farm stand. All potatoes I’ve seen in a store on my entire life are washed. You still rinse them at home just to be sure there’s nothing from transport or the packaging on them but they’re perfectly clean from the store.

[@armchairdefective]

@@lookoutforchris well idk about your sterile taters, but here in Alabama we can get dirty potatoes in a sack at Walmart.

[@goldwinger5434]

@@lookoutforchris WHite potatoes and redskins are pretty clean but russets are filthy.

[@whysix3417]

@@lookoutforchris every grocery store. Walmart. I've never bought potatoes that didn't have dirt on them.

[@morganschiller2288]

Growing up in the late 80’s and 90’s. That 6-11 servings of carbs each day was a horrible thing to do to kids. Now we are 30-40 years old are fat and have arthritis. So thanks food lobby.

[@itsbeyondme5560]

Thank god i didn't fall for it.

[@cincin4515]

I was a mum in the 90's and followed no such advice. In Australia nobody listened to that rubbish. We had top notch meat on the table with fresh veggies every night.

[@j.d.1506]

I’m not so sure I want the government educating me on my health anymore. It seems to be a big problem on so many levels.

[@kimberlyweaver1285]

We have much different lifestyles today than 100 years ago too. My grandmother served fried fish and buttered biscuits with leaded coffee for breakfast when my mom was 5 years old. lol Can you imagine giving your kindergartener coffee before school? lol

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

Coffee is awesome 😍 Most kids don't like it, though 😊

[@supernintendo182]

@@DanielSmedegaardBuus Yeah but idk if it's okay to give very young children caffeine.

[@JesusMartinez-rr2ry]

It's like Big Business has a crippling addiction on being a major influence to the government, especially when it comes to food.

[@jacobawojtowicz]

Whichever businesses lobby are the ones that rise to the top, so it's inevitable in the current system. Big Government has a crippling addiction to catering to the rich. Since, well, probably its inception.

[@bovinityleak2066]

They have a crippling addiction to profit.

[@AshGreen359]

Not just food, nearly everything. Pharma is the biggest now, surpassing even oil

[@AshGreen359]

​@@bovinityleak2066Corporations are legally obligated to act in the best interests of their share holders. They aren't allowed to so the right thing even if that wanted to.

[@Oilerpa]

You should do the 'Got Milk" conspiracy

[@cincin4515]

Not conspiracy. Ricketts and poverty were real.

[@jer103]

I think the 3 meals a day is the biggest scam. Or, that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. (It's actually just more advertising by the food industry.) If you are not active during the morning, why eat more calories?

[@Davion197]

Definitely. Depending on your lifestyle one or two meals with any number of snacks is perfectly good. Hell, I do intermittent fasting so I eat from 1-9pm since my mornings don't require activity and my evenings I go to sleep. Keeps me feeling good.

[@FleshCloud-ey5ro]

Because going 16+ hours without food is a bad idea?

[@morganschiller2288]

It depends on the person. When I got up at 3am to start my cases I ate a lot of protein and fiber to get through the day. When I got onto second shift I’d eat maybe once. They need to throw the guidelines out the window. You either eat healthy or don’t.

[@svr5423]

@@FleshCloud-ey5ro There's no problem in going 16+ hours without food. Doing one meal a day or two meals in a shorter time window should work for most people. Eating three meals a day with high carbs plus at least 2 additional snacks in between (like "recommended") is what gives people Diabetes. The body is never in a normal power consumption mode when it's burning fat.

[@Davion197]

@@svr5423 Yep. People seem to think you can't even go a few hours without eating, which is mind boggling.

[@btetschner]

@9:34 I have only grown one things in the garden, and it has been tomatoes. We made spaghetti sauce, cocktail sauce, gourmet ketchup, tomato soup, tomato sauce, and barbecue sauce from them. There is a whole section of jars in the cellar from that crop.

[@Leonardokite]

The Standard American Diet is indeed SAD! Follow the money and see that they're just out for their own best interests and not ours. I follow an upside-down pyramid so to speak and it has done wonders for my health. Quite frankly even just eating whole foods instead of the highly processed garbage would be enough to help most people.

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

This exactly! I feel like these "food pyramid" folks don't pay attention to the fact that it's not about WHAT people are eating, so much as how MUCH they're eating and how little they exercise. Obesity rates keep going up because fast food and processed foods are so easily available now in comparison to their availability 100 years ago, and a lot of people don't seem to care about how much plastic they're indirectly consuming.

[@saltyprepper5513]

Just saw an extremely obese couple in Walmart. They were paying for their items -- several frozen pizzas, a frozen pot pie in a box, and several tubs of ice cream. It was sad indeed.

[@user-pc5qj2ix2c]

@@nomoretwitterhandles What you eat matters too, for instance eating a high protein diet makes you less hungry and also spend more energy burning the food you ate.

[@SparklRebel]

When I was in school, I was always confused by the food pyramid.

[@jons.6216]

But remember - just like Ronnie Reagan said - if you need a vegetable, pour on more ketchup! Haha!

[@user-pc5qj2ix2c]

It's a travesty what Americans did to ketchup. It's just sugar now. No acidity or tomato flavor to be found.

[@svr5423]

To me, the food pyramid is the most prominent symbol of what's wrong with our nutrition. Just keep eating carbs and more carbs at least 3 to 5 times a day to keep the insulin pumping - what could possibly go wrong?

[@mrbear1302]

You forgot to mention the FDA too.

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

Insulin is what your body uses to allow your cells to absorb glucose.

[@svr5423]

@@DanielSmedegaardBuus That's correct. Your body normally burns fat. If the blood glucose get's too high, that is an abnormal situation that is countered by releasing insulin and having cells stop burning fat, burning and storing glucose instead. If you make an abnormal situation normal, the body will eventually develop issues burning normal fuels. You'll go hungry when your blood glucose drops, the body will have issues accessing fat reserves and later you can develop type 2 diabetes.

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

@@svr5423Your cells don't "burn" fat. They can't. They also can't "store glucose." They can only oxidate glucose. There are no "normal fuels," just glucose. Glucose is delivered through the blood to cells using insulin. Insulin isn't "countering an abnormal situation." It's simply delivering glucose to cells as needed. Glucose is always readily available in the blood, as cells need energy to stay alive. When the glucose level drops below baseline (e.g. if you're exercising or exposed to significant changes in environmental temperature), your body starts to replenish by creating more glucose, mainly by metabolizing fat. Conversely, when the glucose level rises above baseline, your body metabolizes surplus glucose and stores it as fat. Not as glucose, that's not a thing. None of this is a problem unless you're diabetic. It's how your body works.

[@keithcitizen4855]

You could not of described the anomaly better. excess body weight is like congealed insulin

[@Steambull1]

I remember a few teachers in the 1990s basically trying to shame our families if we didn't eat according to the pyramid every day.

[@btetschner]

A+ video! Fascinating and rather shocking history of the food pyramid!

[@stug77]

The food pyramid: a very helpful pie chart of the top influential food lobbyists.

[@다미최-w5b]

No mention of Ancel Keys or John Ludkin. Well done. That was sarcasm in case you missed it.

[@ClassicJukeboxBand]

John Yudkin.

[@Merylstreep1949]

God forbid in the 80s our high school cafeteria had a milkshake machine and Hostess snacks back when they were still good and big

[@morganschiller2288]

We had a milkshake machine, could get fries everyday. We had vending machines with so much junk food in them it was crazy. Thankfully my family was too poor to give me the 1.50$ a day for school lunches

[@julieDJTFP]

What happened to America is the fast food convenience craze. That's why were fat. Instead of having a 600 calorie home cooked meal we traded it in for a 1200-1500 calorie fast food meal. And then we supersized it to get our moneys worth. It's called S.A.D. Standard American diet. It's not politicians or lobbyists who are to blame but advertising and culture. I majored in Nutrition in college. It's eye opening.

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

Exactly. And the one-serving-size-must-fit-all aspect means the manufacturers and restaurants target the higher echelon of bodies, and smaller bodies (i.e. predominantly children, girls and women) get proportionately more obese if they don't exercise rigid self control. It used to be that the vast majority of meals were consumed as a family, together around mother's dishes. You started with an empty plate, and picked at the selections at the center until you were full, or the food was gone. Today, for most people the majority of meals are the opposite of this, already measured-out restaurant meals, takeaways or convenience meals from the fridge or the freezer. Most people don't even know how to cook.

[@AshGreen359]

What's killing us is the lack of omega 3. We need as much Onega 3 as we get in omega 6. Omega 3 is expensive. Comes from grass fed dairy and meats and wild caught fish. Omega 6 is cheap comes from grains, grain fed meat, and grain fed farmed fish.

[@cincin4515]

Single nutrient Reductionism is trendy at the moment. Sugar one day, fat the next, seed oil the next, omega 3........

[@Ash_Wen-li]

@@cincin4515 That doesn't change the fact that we eat way more Omega 3 than Omega 6.

[@Oh_Ok0]

​@Ash_Wen-li It's the opposite, actually. That's the problem. We SHOULD eat more Omega-3, but our diets are instead way more rich in Omega-6.

[@AshGreen359]

@@Ash_Wen-li I guess if you're an Inuet living of fish and seal blubber. Otherwise you must be very rich

[@smittykins]

I’m old enough to remember the “Four Basic Food Groups”(milk, dairy, fruits and vegetables., and cereals).

[@SparklRebel]

How is cereal a food group?

[@smittykins]

@@SparklRebel In this context, it means “grains”(wheat, corn, rice, etc.)

[@matane2465]

Uhh, milk is dairy and where the heck is meat?

[@brandonf.8360]

I don't think the "scientist" behind these studies considered food allergies. I could be be wrong but there's been an increase of food allergies(tree nut, seafood, diary) over at least 60 or more years.

[@iwrk]

Yes, agree

[@glitchsister]

gluten allergies as well

[@nedludd7622]

​@@glitchsisterGluten intolerance is hereditary and only affects around 1% of the population. It is a good marketing tool though.

[@brandonf.8360]

@@glitchsister kind of but there's more people allergic to those food groups than gluten.

[@grannywarrior]

I think the biggest travesty is that our health professionals, who should know this, are the ones pushing that we eat certain things based on the USDA whim at the time. Our bodies are mostly water and protein and yet they want to minimize the need for protein. We do have canine teeth!

[@dj-fe4ck]

If you were a true carnivore, then you wouldn't need weapons to eat meat, but you do. True carnivorous animals in nature don't need any weapons to eat their prey. They just use their teeth and claws. They don't need man made knives, spears, guns, or arrows to kill and cut up the animal in order to eat it. No weapons are needed to eat fruits and vegetables.

[@Akeche]

Our parents, or their parents should've known better when the government said "Eat LOTS of carbs!"

[@freakied0550]

USDA: follow these guidelines Americans: Thanks for the guidelines but I'm going to McDonald's

[@SirBobbyDuncan]

Did you really have to add so many visuals of people eating sticks of butter?

[@NASCARFAN93100]

The food pyramid is very complicated. It doesn't give you as much info in a quick glance as the plate does. - Author: Tom Vilsack

[@netto6681]

They really should outlaw lobbying, or at least make it more transparent, like the politicians should have to wear bright outfits with their sponsors logos all over them, like NASCAR.

[@batmanbear]

"Food Politics" (2002) by Marion Nestle dives into all of this in great detail.

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

MatPat also covered this in a Food Theory video. Thankfully, it ended a little more positively by showing a food pyramid put together by actual nutritionists and scientists and one that wasn’t influenced by money. You can tell which one is theirs because the bottom tier is actual healthy life choices like exercise…not any food.

[@svr5423]

He's still too much on the carb side. There are much better channels when it comes to healthy nutrition.

[@emaarredondo-librarian]

The Today I Found Out channel did it four years ago. The Dr. Mike channel also covered this subject a year ago.

[@Akeche]

Seems... weird, exercise isn't a "food".

[@emaarredondo-librarian]

@@Akeche Sure. But, if you don't exercise, whatever you eat, you won't be healthy. There are diseases (some types of diabetes, heart and circulation conditions, osteoporosis, even types of depression) that can be prevented, improved or cured with exercise. The human body works better, as a whole, when it moves. Doing chores, gardening, walking; it doesn't have to be crossfit or kung fu.

[@gamemasteranthony2756]

@@Akeche Yeah but the idea was that any diet should be built on good habits like getting enough sleep and exercise. Without those, it won’t matter what you eat or how much because you will still be unhealthy in some way.

[@pamelamays4186]

Suggestion: Athletes whose pictures appear on boxes of Wheaties. Do they even really eat them? How are they selected? Which athletes were rejected by Wheaties?

[@julieneff9408]

Citizens United is one of if not the worst pieces of modern federal legislation across the board. It needs to go.

[@SparklRebel]

It is a non profit organization

[@julieneff9408]

@@SparklRebel Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Supreme Court ruling is what I'm referring to. It's a PAC that promotes free enterprise (unfettered capitalism), socially conservative causes and candidates who advance their mission. And thanks to the SCOTUS ruling, unlimited corporate money goes into campaign finance. Thanks to this, laws and elections are bought and sold to the highest bidder. This is why campaign finance reform is such a big deal. It's judicially approved corruption. BAD. Get it?

[@anytimeanywhere7859]

Brawndo will one day buy out the entire food pyramid. It's got electrolytes!

[@btetschner]

@3:53 I remember on the film Wild Hogs (2007) when Dr. Doug Madsen (Tim Allen) eats a stick of butter out of rebellion and they have to take him to the hospital.

[@gaylegoodman9097]

I remember all of these dietary guidelines…God I’m old.

[@daemon.running]

Aside from those found in raw food, polyunsaturated fats are probably the worst thing you could be eating besides processed bread, and sugar. Theyre akin to engine lubricants. Saturated fat is actually good for you.

[@Ash_Wen-li]

That's an oversimplification. Polyunsaturated fats from whole food sources are fine. Definitely wouldn't eat processed food laden with them though

[@daemon.running]

@@Ash_Wen-li as a rule of thumb I feel like it's not that much of an oversimplification. I will concede that the uninformed may take my comment wrong. The only whole foods that have more than very small amounts are basically fish. Any type of oil derived from seeds flax, canola, soybean etc cause systemic inflammation. In summary the proportions of types of fat that should be ingested are represented in raw food.

[@eagelcat]

Eat what you can and what you want in moderation

[@HFC786]

Just like to sell cereal breakfast became the most important meal of the day

[@josephgaviota]

It seems hard to believe that more government involvement didn't equal better results. [/sarc]

[@Echo81Rumple83]

Too much sugar is bad. HFCS, doubly so. It's been difficult to find any foods in the US that doesn't have HFCS in them. Hell, they even have them where you least expect them to be in. Haven't been able to find any butterscotch that doesn't have HFCS either 😞

[@Mordecrox]

I think this is the first of your videos that made me take my tinfoil hat, take a listen, hold the urge to add more tinfoil, and in the end ("USDA is concerned with production, not nutrition") I decided tinfoil isn't enough and now wear a solid metal cap. This is one that has no happy ending.

[@nomoretwitterhandles]

Hey, are you stupid? This isn't exactly a "conspiracy", it's just an example of how money is influential in politics--something we basically already know. If you had any common sense, you'd know that stuffing yourself full of carbs is a quick way to gain unnecessary weight. You'd also know that one single diet never works for everyone. Each person is responsible for their own nutrition and diet because our bodies all function differently. It is completely ridiculous and downright pitiful that you think this "has no happy ending". You're aware now, are you not? You now know you should make your own sound judgment on what foods you should and shouldn't eat, correct? If you're going to be "unhappy" about learning something that I already knew before I was 5 years old, then do us a favor and keep it to yourself. I'm perfectly healthy because I choose what to eat, not because the government tells me so.

[@moth.monster]

I just eat when I'm hungry, try to keep a varied diet, and go on walks. Haven't gained (or lost) any weight in years now. Everyone just wants to sell you some product by making you feel bad.

[@sandrashevel2137]

I remember Mulligan stew being shown in my class, long ago. 😂😂😂

[@jakedesnake97]

Eat majoritarily whole foods, aim for 0.7g-1g of protein per pound of bodyweight for satiety, and have at least one serving of fruit or veg with each meal. It's that easy

[@AnhDonoi]

As a 90s kid, this pyramid was burned into your skull in every cafeteria.

[@JaronLukasXYZ]

Accurate video!

[@زنكي]

Cholesterol is always good.

[@clarissagafoor5222]

In Australia the food pyramid - especially for children - has veggies at the bottom, including a small amount of fruit - followed by grains, mostly whole grains - then proteins shred with dairy - both of which include non animal based foods - the top is healthy oils. I wonder what the child obesity level is in Australia compared to the UK and US.

[@justv3289]

I remember feeling like there was something off with the large bread category of the food pyramid. It wasn’t until it was changed that I realized I was correct that something wasn’t right.

[@AshGreen359]

The diabetes pyramid, also profitable for pharma.

[@ToniInSussex]

At first it wasn't easy, changing food pyramids in minds. 😂

[@33Wek]

Weird history food is Illuminati confirmed 😊

[@stevehartman1730]

Im glad u came out with this. In the mid 70s my cousin said she was going to eat accordingly to the food pyramid to lise weight n b healthy. Then later she said she was gaining weight....

[@dillbill7152]

I forgot about that goofy food pyramid. It did serious harm to me as a child. Luckily I grew out of it. I'm extremely frustrated that diet education is still garbage in schools. It should be considered child abuse.

[@LikaSaliscente1969]

I was in elementary school with the 4-4-3-2 & by the time my son, was Pyramid Pete. It's all about moderation, and there is no one size fits all. I know people who are meat & potato eaters & thin. I eat fruit, veggies, lean protein at breakfast & lunch & a balanced dinner still overweight.

[@lanacampbell-moore6686]

Thanks WHF❤

[@t-squared1882]

Money makes the world go round

[@demonprincess5634]

a whole meal of just butter woohoo

[@lynnedunigan-little908]

Great video except for that smarmy news guy at the beginning.

[@raymorris952]

Not anymore, i eat only meat eggs and dairy, lost 50 lbs in 7 months. Carbs are the problem, well to much carbs anyway.

[@MrJoshcc600]

I've never met anyone that listened to the food pyramid. Sweets bad, veggies and fruit good, everything else in moderation. Also everyone is a expert

[@Shadowbot074]

I’ll eat whatever the hell I want.

[@odinvolk6973]

I'm Canadian and we had a different system in school, at least in my day it may have changed. same portions per group as Americans did, only it was in the shape of a rainbow, maybe they were trying to encourage LGBT pride at the time. yellow for grains on the outer most part, green for fruits and veggies next, blue for dairy, and red for meat and poultry was the smallest one. they didn't specify oil, butter or fat or anything like that in fact the video they played during this talk through said it was all bad and not recommended. and yes, we did have to deal with those types of parents who practically made this thing a religion and like religion forced their beliefs onto others.

[@lookoutforchris]

Imagine being a leaf.

[@oldschoolman9878]

I never really took those charts serious, and this is why. My advice is see a pediatrician when you’re young, and see a nutritionist when you’re an adult.

[@WolfSaviorZX]

Maybe if kids weren't stuck behind a desk pretending to listen to lectures for 7 hours a day, instead go outside and play or work there wouldn't be an obesity crisis.

[@randytessman6750]

Figured out most of the BS in the early 80s, the finger print of money is on everything. Over the decades more & more science has come out showing common sense actually works. Consume mostly vegetables & fruit, stick to whole grains, proteins shouldn't be more then 25% of any meal. Don't worry over every calorie, daily counts should be reflected in activity. The more active you are in job & recreation means the less exercise you need to do to balance your activity with calories. Limit processed foods on the daily but having a couple cheat days every month isnt bad either. Food shouldn't be work and it shouldn't be killing you either, moderation and thought for overall intake is all you need :)

[@joshuafletcher598]

I remember in high school reading in the paper when the food pyramid was discontinued the week after in the editorial section was a political cartoon in it they are debuting a new food pyramid that says ‘eat less fatso’

[@PJDAltamirus0425]

XD TBH, I think all those sensationist food and diet videos are just playing off the repulsion of idea of allot of that we as American’s eat like pigs. What is easier to sell, the idea of a super food or food category you can eat to your hearts content and a good group which is the devil or that you need to exercise some flipping implies control.

[@joshuafletcher598]

@@PJDAltamirus0425so true

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

Which would make it the first indisputably 100% scientifically accurate one of its kind 😂 It's also the one I adhere to. When I'm not emotionally eating. Which is most of the time.

[@susanshaw6417]

I have always thought the food pyramid was wrong. My mother stuck by it and was very heavy and very unhealthy. I eat mostly meat with a very small portion of my diet being fruit/vege carbs. NO processed or packaged foods. I feel better than I have for years!

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

Also, one of you overate.

[@mikejones-qz1wk]

you forgot how important eating garbage is to BIG PHARMA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑🤑

[@cassieoz1702]

South Park has a great take on the food pyramids

[@registereduser]

Inculcate…great word.

[@mori.kurogawa7936]

I think grains should go way up the pyramid. They are basically just a form of sugar with little value regaring vitamins and minerals... except fortified maybe but you don't know the quality of the supplements and they'll probably use the cheap ones with little bioavailability, just to write them on the package as marketing trick. Same goes for fruit, it is also just sugar-water and best for replacing desserts. Tbh proteins and nutrients from animal source have the best bioavailability for the human body, so you go figure....

[@nedludd7622]

Have you done one on planned obsolescence from lightbulbs to cars to fashion to home appliances? Oh, also cell phones.

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

It's a food channel

[@andrewbatts7678]

It see m s to me if 1 person maxed out the food pyramid wed all weigh 850 lbs!!

[@Nahinalau]

Anyone remember that cringe adventure story of the kids gathering the pieces of the food pyramid? They crack the pieces open with hammers to get clues? I still remember that from 3rd grade back in the early aughts.

[@mikarri7199]

My question is: why do grown adults need to be *told* what to eat in the first place? Give me unbiased info and (my budget willing) I’ll decide what I eat.

[@svr5423]

They don't need to be "told". However, clearly a large percentage do it completely wrong and end up getting fat and acquiring metabolic diseases such as Diabetes type 2. In my view, recommendations should be available (and they are now). But the government utterly fails at this.

[@chresateo939]

You have No Solution except to Sacrifice or Scapegoat others. You tell me to hold on!!!!!!

[@Laz3rCat95]

A reminder that it is best to do your own independent research when it comes to nutrition.

[@YYCtemp2000]

“…lettuce know in the comments…”

[@JDWanko]

How about Nutrasweet?

[@jovanweismiller7114]

The last time I checked, fish were NOT invertebrates.

[@loriloristuff]

Thank you!!! Loved this!!!! Those of us who keto know this.

[@mikeyg1776]

Forever chemicals Forevaaa!

[@DSLightning21]

Yep, and now the bread group is the "enemy" in the latest dieting trends. 🤷‍♂

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

Careful now, based commenters get lynched around these parts 😂

[@Ash_Wen-li]

Well from a purely nutrient standpoint that makes sense. Oats, potatoes and other starchy vegetables are definitely better than bread. Especially if it's that mass produced bread...

[@imafreakinninja12]

Not that I'm a fan of big business, but government and bureaucracies had a lot to do with the creation of the food pyramid. Also a lot of Vegan activists who wanted to demonize fat lobbied for its creation. Don't be an idiot.

[@christopherellis2663]

Ditch the carbs and sugars

[@DanielSmedegaardBuus]

My food pyramid is beer at the bottom, bacon in the middle, and toilet paper at the top.

[@370530e]

Are fish not vertebrates?

[@ReasonablySkeptic]

Big business build it and *THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PUT IT IN SCHOOLS AND GAVE IT CREDENTIAL! NOTHINGS MORE TERRIFYING THAN WHEN GOVERNMENT GET'S INVOLVED WITH BUSINESSES!* If only people could make their own decisions.

[@jonsmith6496]

Thank god it’s the dude! 👍