Flashback to 9th grade health class...
I remember receiving the USDA Food Pyramid as a tool to determine how to create a healthy, balanced diet. Simple. Eat mostly carbs, little to no fats and sweets, and mix in some fruits, veggies and meat. Nothing that was too difficult to understand.
As I have gotten older, these guidelines have gotten a little more confusing, and a lot more controversial. Since then, the USDA released a new pyramid, firstly to not show favoritism to any particular food industry (thanks for fighting that one meat and dairy), and secondly to include the importance of exercise. Hmmm... now I don't have any understanding of what I am supposed to eat, but at least I do know that I should be climbing stairs??
Everyone has their own opinions on the matter (personal and political), but discussion of such is not my intentions here. These food pyramids are consistently referenced by many speakers in my studies, so I was obviously led to poking around about the topic.
I found a few renditions, some personally constructed and some poking fun at the USDA, but I did find one in particular that I thought was fantastic;
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