My Pyramid Out - My Plate In

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Remember the US government's My Food Pyramid? Well, fuhgeddaboudit!

Today the USDA released its new guidelines and icon called My

Plate

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

A preview:

Balancing

Calories

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Enjoy your food, but eat less.

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Avoid oversized portions.

Foods to Increase

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Make half your plate fruits and vegetables.

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Make at least half your grains whole grains.

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Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk.

Foods to Reduce

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Compare sodium in foods like soup, bread, and

frozen meals ― and choose the

foods with lower numbers.

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Drink water instead of sugary drinks.

The web site has loads of links to click

with detailed information, as well as guidelines for setting up your

own healthy food plan.

Sue in NJ

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On 6/2/2011 1:13 PM, Sue in NJ wrote:

Remember the US government's My Food Pyramid? Well,

fuhgeddaboudit!

Today the USDA released its new guidelines and icon called My

Plate

http://www.choosemyplate.gov/

There's also this PDF file that breaks down the program quite

nicely, too. It talks about why each component is important, portion

sizes, why one food item is better than another in the same category

(brown rice instead of white, for example):

http://www.aicr.org/site/DocServer/NAP_Brochure.pdf?docID=3261

Don't let the fact that it was put out by a cancer society scare you

- they got the funding to do this with their claim that obesity

causes cancer, that's all.

Sue in NJ