The Food Guide Pyramid

The Food Guide Pyramid is one manner forperson should eat a wide variety of foods. A
Americans to read how to eat healthy. A rainbowbalanced diet is one that makes use of all the
of colored, vertical stripes stands for the fivefood groups. From another perspective, have
food groups plus fats and oils. Here is what thefoods from every color, every day.We should eat
colors stand for:orange = grainsless of some foods, and extra of others. You can
green = vegetablessee that the bands for meat and protein are
red = fruitspurple and oils are yellow and less pronounced
yellow = fats and oilsthan the other ones. The reason is because you
blue = milk and dairy productsneed less of those varieties of foods than your
purple = meat, beans, fish, and nutsThe U.S.need of fruits, vegetables, grains, and dairy
Department of Agriculture (USDA) modified thefoods.Your family also can see the bands start
pyramid in spring 2005 because they wanted toout fatter and get skinnier as they approach the
do a more enhanced job of narrating totop side. That is designed to show you that not all
Americans how to be healthy. The agency laterfoods are made as good as others, even within a
released a special variation for children. On thisfit food group like fruit. Sometimes, apple pie
website you will observe a girl ascending themight be in that thin section of the fruit band
staircase up the side of the pyramid. That is anbecause it has a lot of added sugar and fat. A
example of showing kids how important it is towhole apple would be turn up in the broad part
exercise and be active every day. From anotherfor you can eat more of those in a fit eating
perspective, play a lot! The stairs are also a wayregimen.We should all make nutrition personal.
of showing that you can make changes in stagesThrough the USDA's MyPyramid website, families
to be more healthy. One step at a time,can get personal recommendations about the mix
understand?The Pyramid Speaks to us in severalof nutrients they need to have and how much he
ways. Let us all confront a few of the additionalor she must be eating.
topics this new symbol is trying to pass on:A