Robert Klute > wrote:
>On 12 Jan 2005 12:45:34 -0800, "big macbeth" >
>wrote:
>>i think fruits and veggies should be at the bottom, not bread, rice,
>>and such. agree?
>
>Have a look at the following URL:
>
>http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritio.../pyramids.html
>
>You will notice that white rice, bread, potatoes, pasta, and sugar have
>been moved 'up' to "eat sparingly". Now whole grains and plant oils are
>at the bottom. Fruit and vegies are next.

They've bought into the glycemic-index fad.

The whole "N servings per day" thing is utterly stupid.

Every meal has to be balanced properly, combining protein,
starchy carbs, and fibrous carbs, or you might as well
eat 2000 kcal per day of fried chicken and pancakes at
one sitting.

--Blair
"And the pyramid is really a triangle."