food pyramid

Did the Food Pyramid Make America Fat?

Real Pyramids are more fun If you read some low-carb sites, or Gary Taub’s books, you will find the contention that the food pyramid – the last one being in 2011 – put America into a low fat, high carb diet responsible for today’s obesity. That the government food pyramid misled a generation of people,…

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Food Pyramid Blues: Influencers are not Scientists

When Influencers Replace Scientists, Everyone Loses Every few years, nutrition gets a makeover.First comes a new graphic.Then comes a new slogan.Soon after, we hear claims that this time, someone finally figured it all out. Recently, that makeover arrived in the form of a “reverse food pyramid” and the cheerful phrase “Eat Real Food.” On the…

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The Egg: From Villain to Victory

A notion made eggs the enemy of the heart, not science. Today eggs are back – too bad they are expensive. Here is the egg story

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