Your main food ingredient should be from the beans family. Those are high in protein, low in saturated fat and has good amounts of fiber.
Get rid of most red meat from your diet. In my opinion it increases risk of cancers such as prostate, breast, colon and lungs because it is high in saturated fats and cholesterol which causes additional problems like clogging your arteries and cause heart disease.
——————————— Sounds like the government food pyramid, or maybe Michelle Obama’s school nutrition plan, designed to get us all eating like third world countries. You left out the roasted grasshoppers -— or do you eat yours raw? (Sorry... couldn’t resist.) BTW, people who eat moderate animal protein, high fat diets, who decrease their carbohydrates to very small amounts (20 to 30 grams per day), and stop sugar, actually experience a big drop in bad cholesterol levels, and a reduction in clogged arteries. And if they’re overweight and have type 2 diabetes, their blood sugar often normalize. The diet you describe, used to be considered a very healthy diet, but newer studies, plus huge amounts of anecdotal evidence, has shown that, at least for those overweight and with type 2 diabetics, the diet I suggested is healthier. There are, if course, still dieticians out there who blanch at the thought of the low carb, moderate protein, high fat diets.
The context of my post was problem with high cost of food. In my own case, I seldom eat red meat, eat 1 egg daily, fish once a week and chicken once a week. Rest of my diet is beans, whole grain breads, vegetables & fruits. I will soon be 79 age, never had heart attacks, or strokes, and cured my pre-diabetic condition by going on 15 hour daily fasting. For exercise I use the gym every other day for 1 hour, doing treadmill & weights. I require zero medications. My healthcare expenses are close to zero. Actually I signed for a medicare supplemental plan which PAYS ME $55/every month!