SouthwestBlend.com presents The New Food Pyramid!
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) has changed the food pyramid in an effort to show us how to eat healthier. The biggest change is that the food groups are no longer horizontal blocks of the pyramid, but are now rainbow colored vertical stripes representing each of the five food groups. Here’s what the colors stand for:
orange - grains
green - vegetables
red - fruits
blue - milk and dairy products
purple - meat, beans, fish, and nuts
yellow - oils
They have used a figure climbing stairs to represent both exercise and that you can change your eating habits one step at a time.
Eat a variety of foods--a balanced diet is one that includes all the food groups. The emphasis is still on a balanced diet, eating from each food group--but less of some foods and more of others. The bands for meat and protein (purple) and oils (yellow) are thinner than the others--making it clear that you need less of those foods than your fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy foods.
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