Posted on 05/31/2011 8:11:08 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
As of this coming Thursday, the food pyramid -- that symbol of healthy eating -- is going to go the way of the real pyramids and becoming a thing of the past. This week, the Obama administration will be unveiling a new graphic to tell American consumers what quantities of grains, fruits and vegetables, protein and dairy they should eat to maintain a healthy diet. The pyramid is to be replace by a plate, with four different-colored sections indicating how much of each food group the United States Department of Agriculture recommends and is a "crucial element of the administration's crusade against obesity" led by first lady Michelle Obama, as the New York Times says.
Half of the sections on the plate will be for fruits and vegetables. A smaller circle beside it will indicate a day's dairy allowance. This new logo, which cost about $2 million to develop and promote, is meant to educate Americans about new federal dietary guidelines released in January.
Nutritionists and public health officials are not mourning the passing of the food pyramid which was introduced in 1992. The original idea was to have food groups that one eats larger portions of -- fruits, vegetables, grains -- at the wider base. Dairy and protein were to be placed towards the pointy top of the pyramid. However, the dairy and meat industries objected, saying that their products were being "stigmatized" (I guess they didn't see being at the top of the pyramid as being at the "summit" and "crown"?).
A revised pyramid, MyPyramid, was released in 2005, but designed in such a way that whatever nutritional information it was to communicate was rendered almost useless:
[MyPyramid] turned the old hierarchy on its side, with vertical brightly colored strips standing in for the different food groups. It also showed a stick figure running up the side to emphasize the need for exercise.
Just from the descriptions of it, the new symbol -- there's debate about what to call it, as two things it resembles, "pie chart" and "pizza," have some rather non-healthy associations -- makes sense to me. Most of us eat our meals off a plate (or from a similarly shaped bowl), rather than anything like a pyramid. One could say, the new logo is tastefully democratic, although the dairy industry might object to the satellite-sidekick status allotted to their products with the little circle to the side.
Will you miss MyPyramid? More to the point, will the new logo help people make healthy choices about what to eat, or was that $2 million better spent?
Call me racist, I don't give a rats ass anymore.
Is someone hosting a STUPID contest? Surely it would be on the MSM evening news. Did I miss the announcement? Let me get this right ... 2 million dollars to turn a pyramid into a pie. I could probably do it for 1.5 million dollars with a lifetime guarantee.
HA! Yes! Just like most of our TV programs - all UK copy cats...
Thanks for the ping!
but...but...but....what if you’re lactose intolerant?
Do I have a “case”? I could use some Soetoro cash.....
Here are some possible studies worth the money:
How to best get rid of the EPA.
How to best get rid of the FDA.
How to best impeach foreign nationals who win Presidential elections.
How to best oust the RINO establishment from the GOP.
How to best get rid of all federal evironMENTAL legislation.
I really like your pie graph!
To the Oval Office, in the dead of night, after Moochelle is asleep.
And may God have pity on any staffer who eats The One's strawberries, or tosses out his breadfruit tree...or steals his ballbearings out of his pocket.
How about tacos and burritos? RAAAAACIST!!!
How about chicken chow mein and egg drop soup? RAAAAACIST!!!
How about anything from Denny’s or Waffle House? RAAAAAAAAAACIST!!!!!!
I always thought it should have been a pie chart. Bar graphs would only for for candy bars. And those curve things would be analogous to eating one piece of spaghetti. The spot things is what the floor looks like a bunch of kids eat spaghetti. I miss the square pan pizza places. The pizzas were square too.
Re: Beer. “There’s a sandwich in every can!” :)
What’s not to like about pie? This week I baked a Rhubarb Custard Pie to rave reviews. My cherry trees are LOADED, so there should be some awesome fresh cherry pies coming out of the oven later this summer. Yum! :)
What is it with people telling other people what they should and should not eat? Don’t eat meat! Okay, eat meat, but make sure it’s cooked the “right” way! Don’t eat fish, eat fish, don’t eat shellfish, okay go ahead but keep the portions small..don’t eat carbohydrates, don’t eat this or that, etc.
Seems it’s in the DNA of the human race, and has been going on for about, oh, I don’t know...FOREVER!
Heck, what's not to like? High unemployment, High food prices, High gas prices, High utility costs, Record home foreclosures, Bank closings, Investment losses, Stock market losses, A world-class culture in decline, overrun with terrorists and illegals, Trillions of US dollars being guzzled by Mideast hellholes.... AND a $2 million food diagram (sigh). Besides, Obama needs another four years so Michelle can gallivant around the globe in designer fashions, stay at luxe hotels, and eat lobster (sniffle).
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Obama’s approval ratings appear to have steadily risen the past two months (course they only polled Dems). Getting rid of putrid Rahm, stashing the execrable Gibbs and Axelrod out of sight (behind the scenes in the reelection effort) was a good thing for Ohaha. And Pelosi out of the way, no longer praising Ohaha, and his healthcare plan, is also working well.
But look closely, voters.... as 2012 looms, Ohaha's looking less human by the minute---more like a vote-crazed, wild-eyed robot, mouthing sound bites. Stay tuned. THE SYNCHRONIZED CANDIDATE From hereonin everything he says will sound like a focus group sound-bite......with pre-programmed voice inflections, and synchronized hand and head gestures.
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FREEPERS, GET THIS VOTER FRAUD INITIATIVE STARTED IN YOUR STATE: Ohaha's depending on illegals to vote for him.....gonna urge illegal to "vote against your enemies" like he did before the Midterm fiasco
Freepers voter fraud initiative: Send letters to names on the voter rolls---requesting proof of citizenship---those who do not present proof are stricken from the rolls.
Usually each state's Secy of State handles voter irregularities.
I am surprised they haven’t made it mandatory to eat food from at least 20 different ethnic groups per week...
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