Food Guide Pyramid vegetables

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. 

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. 

In 2005, My Pyramid replaced the Food Guide Pyramid to allow consumers and educators to adapt guidelines to individual tastes and lifestyles. Different calorie levels recommend specific numbers of servings in six color-coded categories of food fruits, vegetables, grains, meat and beans, milk, and oils. 

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