The politically-inspired food pyramid

Posted on February 14, 2012 | Comments Off on The politically-inspired food pyramid

“The food pyramid that was released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in 1992 quickly became a recognizable nutrition symbol for Americans. However, during the same period of the 1990s, Americans gained more and more weight. Is the food pyramid to blame?”

How could it not be, since it advises eating copious amounts of carbohydrates in the form of starches, grains and sugars? Moreover, it’s taught in the public schools. Mr. B. learned about it in second grade. He even had a test on it.

Via Instapundit.

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0 responses to “The politically-inspired food pyramid”

  1. Darkwater's avatar Darkwater | February 15, 2012 at 4:29 pm |

    If I’m not mistaken, the healthy food pyramid happened to be practically identical to instructions on how to fatten livestock.

  2. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | February 15, 2012 at 4:37 pm |

    Yep, the grains, starches and sugars portion, anyhow. When I was kid everyone seemed to know that if you ate too much bread, potatoes and sweets you would get fat. Somehow that’s been forgotten.