(September 17, 2019 at 11:59 pm)EgoDeath Wrote:(September 17, 2019 at 11:51 pm)LadyForCamus Wrote: Except that it doesn’t recommend avoiding all fats; it recommends consuming less saturated fat and more unsaturated fats. In fact, the new nutrition fact label has done away with “percent of calories from fat” because the research bears out that the type of fat is more important to human health than the amount.
Okay, I do see that. Isn't that what the pyramid recommended as well, or did it not specify between different types of fats? I can remember when I lost weight, I pretty much only focused on calories in/calories out and exercising, of course. I honestly never paid any attention to how much sugar, carbs, protein or fat I was consuming. So I'm certainly no expert, I can only comment on what my diet was then versus now, and what I see people around me doing.
What do you think is the main difference between the pyramid and the plate?
Some of the key differences between the plate and the pyramid are that the pyramid didn’t differentiate between healthy and less healthy choices within food groups, i.e. sat versus unsat. fats, fish versus sausage, low fat versus full fat dairy, that kind of thing. The nice thing about the plate is that it’s an actual plate. The average American doesn’t know what constitutes X number of servings of a food group, but they can understand, “make half of your plate fruits and vegetables.” It’s just a more accessible visual.
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