My Plate: Progress, but still a long way to go

The Department of Agriculture just trashed the food pyramid and replaced it with "My Plate". Progress, but still a long, long way to go. Thankfully, half of the plate is now vegetables and fruits. However, grains and dairy still take prominent roles.

At least we can be pleased that vegetables and fruits have been upgraded in importance. To the right, according to Civil Eats and the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, is what the Standard American Diet (SAD) really looks like. Let's get real, most of the calories come from added fat and sugar. Grains capture the most calories for a single segment. Vegetables and fruits are treated as a footnote. A long, long way to go.

Slowly, slowly, the plate may someday reflect the healthy original human diet, know today as the Paleolithic diet: vegetables, fruits, meats, fish, nuts and berries. 

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