Tom, I'm essentially in agreement with Ghost, with only minor quibbles on his take. Unfortunately, the food pyramid leaves a lot of open territory to make mistakes in, besides in my opinion making some questionable recommendations to appease the various industries. For example, the grains section, aside from questioning which level in the pyramid it should be at, I see the admonition "preferably whole". Preferably?! You would have a hard time finding a respectable nutritionist making the statement that weak; processed grain products increasingly appear to be linked to health issues. Like Ghost, I eat a variety of real food, which I define as food that is as close to nature as possible -- little to no processing, no artificial colors/flavors/additives/preservatives, no artificial sweetener, no refined sugars or HFCS. Go heavy on the veggies and you're golden.
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