Food guide pyramids

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The USDA Food Guide Pyramid (see Appendix 2) recommends that no one food group is more important than another - for good health you need them all. Most people are well aware of the USDA recommendations, but individual choices obviously dictate the degree to which these recommendations are actually followed. For those individuals who attempt to maintain a balanced diet, they must also realize that they will consume a mixture of chemicals that is unique to each food group. Therefore, the chemical diversity of an individual s diet is dictated by the foods they consume. But before we discuss this chemical diversity in our diet, it is necessary to describe the basic types of chemicals to which we are all exposed. 

Use the Food Guide Pyramid to help you eat better every day...the Dietary Guidelines way. Start with plenty of Breads, Cereals, Rice, and Pasta Vegetables and Fruits. Add two to three servings from the Milk group and two to three servings from the Meat group. 

Although all diets are debated, most agree that a balance among the five food groups of the Food Guide Pyramid is important. A typical recommendation might be ... 

Use the Food Guide Pyramid as a tool for planning your food consumption. 

Snacks can help a person meet recommendations in the food guide pyramid. 

Sharma, S., Murphy, S.R, Wilkens, L.R., Shen, L., Hankin, J.H., and Henderson, B. 2003. Adherence to the food guide pyramid recommendations among Japanese Americans, Native Hawaiians, and whites Results from the multiethnic cohort study. J Am Dietetic Assoc 103(9) 1195—1198. 

REINVENTION OF THE FOOD GUIDE PYRAMID TO PROMOTE HEALTH... 

FIG. 1 U.S. Department of Agriculture Food Guide Pyramid. As revised in 1992. Eat from the bottom up. ... 

FIG. 7 A food guide pyramid to promote health. Recognition is made of the role of functional foods. The foundation of the pyramid is vegetables, legumes, seeds, nuts, and fruits. Cereal grain products, both whole grain and products with a nutrient density less than 50 calories for nutrient, are moved to the second tier. The foods of the two bottom tiers meet the needs of the vegan. This recommendation also coincides with the majority of health claims data (Table II). 

FIG. 8 A food guide pyramid to promote health—vegetables. The key phytonutrient nutraceuticals of vegetables are at the base of the health promotion pyramid. 

FIG. 11 A food guide pyramid to promote health—cereal grains. This food group consists of whole, enriched, and nonenriched cereal grains. Only whole grain foods have high nutrient/nutraceutical content and related health benefits. 

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