| For those of you who don't know, the food pyramid is | | | | The new food pyramid however, is completely |
| a carefully drawn up plan of exactly what the human | | | | different. Apart from the fact that it's become three |
| body needs nutritionally. That is, the food pyramid is a | | | | dimensional and has a figure climbing up the side of it, |
| guide to help us determine what we should eat | | | | this new food guide has also eliminated the horizontal |
| everyday. It doesn't have a set menu of food that you | | | | lines. Instead we can now see lines starting from the |
| need to eat per day. All it has is a guide that can help | | | | tip of the pyramid and radiating downward. |
| you plan your meals so that you get the correct | | | | Each of these sections are only as big, or small, as the |
| amount of nutrients into your system every day. | | | | earlier food pyramid sections were. Only with this new |
| The food pyramid will show you the path to keeping | | | | food pyramid, you now know that although you need |
| yourself fit and healthy through a steady and healthy | | | | to eat some food types more than others, even within |
| diet. Up until recently that's all the food pyramid did. In | | | | those food groups there are some foods that you |
| 2005 however, the food pyramid as we know it was | | | | should only eat in moderation. |
| changed forever, and a more up-to-date food pyramid | | | | Additionally you'll also find that your new food pyramid |
| took its place. Now you'll find that instead of the | | | | is color coded. So you'll get an Orange stripe |
| two-dimensional food pyramid we're so used to, it's | | | | representing grains; a Green stripe for vegetables; a |
| become more three-dimensional. To show the added | | | | Red stripe for fruits; a Yellow stripe denoting how |
| benefits that regular exercise will have on you, a figure | | | | much fats and oils you should have; a Blue stripe for |
| running up a flight of stairs on the side of the food | | | | the milk and dairy products that you're allowed; and a |
| pyramid has been added. | | | | Purple stripe showing you the quantities of meats, fish, |
| Earlier if you looked at the food pyramid you would | | | | beans and suchlike that you should eat in a day. |
| have seen horizontal lines spanning the food pyramid | | | | With six colored stripes denoting the quantities of food |
| with the food that we eat the most of, starting at the | | | | you should take, and a figure of a healthy person |
| bottom. The food that we should eat the least amount | | | | running up a flight of stairs on the side of it, this new |
| of, could be found at the top. This is the food pyramid | | | | food pyramid is definitely better than the old one, and |
| that we all know about and the one that was shown | | | | can help you learn more about better eating habits, and |
| to us when we were in school. | | | | a healthy lifestyle. |