Comment by gardnr
2 days ago
I'm not zdc1, but they may be referring to the previous advice that included more grains than fruit and veg combined. From a design perspective, it is an interesting choice to mix food groups on the same level of the pyramid.
> previous advice that included more grains than fruit and veg combined
I have not seen the pyramid with bread, cereal, rice and pasta at the base pushed for at least ~20 years. Maybe it was 25-30 years ago when I saw it pushed seriously in school and even then I did not see people taking it seriously outside of those lessons, as in people actively calling it questionable.
> I have not seen the pyramid with bread, cereal, rice and pasta at the base pushed for at least ~20 years.
Thats right. It was replaced 20 years ago by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MyPyramid
That is what I found on my quick search too. I am pretty sure I saw some alternatives to the bread, ... based pyramid before 2005 as well.
do you think they market those pyramids to adults, or to children?
I asked it else where but
> Where in the world was this old pyramid still being pushed?
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46538456
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