Re: Harvard's point on the new pyramid(s)

[Guest guest]

Harvard, that is Walt Willett and friends, still do not like the USDA

pyramid.

The easiest way to find out more about this, if you wish to do so, is to do

a google search on Harard Nutrition. Here is a small excerpt from their

comments under the " pyramids " category.

" With much fanfare, the USDA recently retired the old Food Guide Pyramid and

replaced it with MyPyramid, a new symbol and " interactive food guidance

system. " The new symbol is basically the old Pyramid turned on its side.

The good news is that this dismantles and buries the flawed Pyramid. The bad

news is that the new symbol doesn't convey enough information to help you

make informed choices about your diet and long-term health. And it continues

to recommend foods that aren't essential to good health, and may even be

detrimental in the quantities included in MyPyramid.

As an alternative to the USDA's flawed pyramid, faculty members in the

Harvard School of Public Health built the Healthy Eating Pyramid. It

resembles the USDA's in shape only. The Healthy Eating Pyramid takes into

consideration, and puts into perspective, the wealth of research conducted

during the last ten years that has reshaped the definition of healthy

eating "

Interesting to read. Ed S.