RE: AF Biggest Loser/Fitness Challenge-May 3 to Whenever We're Not Fat Anymore
March 21, 2018 at 6:29 pm
Here is the food pyramid we learned ages ago:
And here is the present-day food pyramid:
Can you spot the difference(s)?
One can say that the pyramid on top came by due to lobbying by the cereal producers, or one can say that cereal producers got more subsidies because of that pyramid... I don't know the order of events. But the truth is that cereals got a lot of attention ($$) after WW2 and only recently have they been demoted.... because it's become obvious that the result of following the top pyramid is an obese and unhealthy population.
And here is the present-day food pyramid:
Can you spot the difference(s)?
One can say that the pyramid on top came by due to lobbying by the cereal producers, or one can say that cereal producers got more subsidies because of that pyramid... I don't know the order of events. But the truth is that cereals got a lot of attention ($$) after WW2 and only recently have they been demoted.... because it's become obvious that the result of following the top pyramid is an obese and unhealthy population.