Monday, June 6, 2011

No More Food Pyramid

The popular food pyramid that was used to illustrate dietary guidelines has been replaced.  The USDA released new a new icon intended to be easier to understand and help with portion control.  The new standard is called MyPlate and looks like this:




There are a lot of helpful tools on their website at www.choosemyplate.gov.  



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