OK you win. We were taught about food groups in the 1960s. It was essentially the same info that the Swedes put into a pyramid shape in the 1970s which is a big whoop di doo, but the info is still better advice than the nonsense that you seem to believe in. Grains have been a staple of peoples’ diets all over the world for centuries and you are afraid to eat them... I trust the judgment of previous generations much more than the current crop of nutritional experts as found on this forum.
It is only possible for people to villainize grains in affluent countries where we can eat just about anything that we want to. Much of the rest of the world would starve without them. Strange thing though, people in countries where grain is still a staple often are thinner more active and healthier than where are here... crazy isn't it.
*** “Much of the rest of the world would starve without them. Strange thing though, people in countries where grain is still a staple often are thinner more active and healthier than where are here... crazy isn’t it?” ***
Can you direct me to a Study, Paper or Book that supports that Hypothesis? (or is it “Settled Science”)
I can support my hypothesis ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ekqq6DE8vGE&t=307s (10 minutes) Dr Fung ... His patients are maybe Blind Amputee Diabetics on Dialysis and he has a lot of experience.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEuIlQONcHw (1 hour Lecture from 2014)
Books
Good Calories, Bad Calories: Fats, Carbs
Controversial Science of Diet and Health
Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It
(The lecture and the books are all by Gary Taubs, he is a Researcher that Researches the Research he cites every Source and Study and every Page in his books is Cited in depth)
This is easy to understand... even if you are in denial
I just find the pyramid that was presented to me as a parent for my kids pretty shocking as I look at it now...
Seems that since the gov’t guidelines, be they low fat/low cal or lots of grains, people are having more weight issues...and I do agree that inactivity is a contributing factor...as are differing metabolisms.
I am not opposed to grains—in moderation. However, as a parent, I regret that I fed my kids a diet based this pyramid as well as myself, and from from what I have read, carbs turn to sugars...
I do trust the judgement of previous generations for many things...and they ate meat, and veggies natural carbs like fruits and starches like potatoes..very few processed foods...
BTW, have you ever read about the history of breakfast and advent of cereal...follow the money!