Who Invented the Food Pyramid and Why You'd Be Crazy to Follow It
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Published 2019-07-26
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The very first “food pyramid” was a Swedish invention and it was an invention of necessity more than anything else. Back in 1970s, Sweden saw its country gripped by high food prices. The government then tasked The Socialstyrelsen (National Board of Health and Welfare) with coming up with a way to help the situation. In response to this, in 1972, they came up with “basic” and “supplementary” foods- in a nutshell basic foods were foods considered essential to a person’s well-being and supplementary foods were foods that provided vitamins and minerals basic foods did not.
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All Comments (21)
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My government is taking money from lobbyists to lie to me? I'm shocked!
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Last year I literally flipped the food pyramid, 70% of my diet was fat, and there were NO grains at all. Since then I've lost 170 pounds, have WAY good control of diabetes, have way more energy, and life is just all around better. The Food Pyramid was Baaaaaaad.
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Food Pyramid = Consume mostly the products that corporate farming can produce cheaply.
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There was also a point where eggs were lumped in with dairy, a point that still causes confusion to this day
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Yet another reason on the immense list to limit lobbying by corporations in every way possible and enact harsh punishments if they are found to be influencing politicians.
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Thats why I love pizza, its all the food groups in one convenient hand held triangle
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I lost decades of my life to these murderous dietary guidelines. It's when I tried keto that everything changed for me. All the crippling illnesses that I was suffering from (and didn't even realize I had) suddenly vanished, and the shock finally broke the illusion. After a lot of research, I found out where these guidelines come from, and it's beyond outrageous.
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Lobbying is just so strange to me... where I come from that’s just bribery and super illegal!
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Yet another thing that was attempted to be forced down my throat as a student. Teachers always hated when you questioned and tried to break down their lessons, I see why now. They arnt/wernt always right.
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I remember ads in Australia saying every child needs a glass of milk, a piece of cheese, and a tub of yogurt, every day. Obviously this was a message purchased by the dairy industry as it was very careful to spread dairy consumption across every major group of product.
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Funnily enough, I got so many health issues resolved when I cut down foods containing dairy, wheat and sugar and started eating more salt
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My dad was a kid when they placed out that pyramid. He said he noticed that’s when people started getting bigger. People did not eat all the grains and dairy until then. Goes to show the government doesn’t always have the people’s best interest. The obesity issue started decades ago.
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Got detention in 5th grade or so telling them that this pyramid is a lie. I wasn’t even a jerk about it, they just saw that other students were thinking about it once I said it so they made an example out of me for them to go along with it or get what they gave me. My whole childhood was like this.
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"Good wholesome foods at reasonable prices." Also known as [Delicious Dishes Done Dirt Cheap]
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For those thinking, "But without dairy, where do I get calcium?" well there's a ton in nuts, seeds, pulses, green veg, dried fruit, plant milks etc. Which also contain tons of other goodies.
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None of this confusion would've happened if the government didn't step in to tell people what and how to eat.
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That damn pyramid set us back 40 years, the parents of my generation bought it hook, line, and sinker. Now we’re fat, out of shape, and riddled with diabetes.
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Greed ruined this too? I'm starting to understand how conspiracy theorist feel. "It's all a government lie, man. The food industry bought the right to tell you what you should eat."
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The plate diagram is basically the 4 basic food groups which was taught before they came out with the food pyramid.
