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New food pyramid - April 30, 2005 4:45:00 AM
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jma
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Hello,
I heard about the new nutritional guidelines and thought it would be interesting to post the link from the APTA. It has dramatically changed and should be helpful for those who talk about it during PT.
Here is the link:
http://www.mypyramid.gov/professionals/index.html
"MyPyramid, [URL=http://www.mypyramid.gov,]www.mypyramid.gov,[/URL] presents a new symbol for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) basic food groups, which can be personalized to fit individual needs. MyPyramid is based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans released in January by USDA and the US Department of Health & Human Services to increase Americans’ awareness of the vital health benefits of simple and modest improvements in nutrition, physical activity, and lifestyle behavior. In addition to information on the basic food groups, the site allows users to enter their age, sex, and activity level for an individualized estimate of amounts and types of food they should eat from each group. Another section of the site provides guidance for health care professionals who want to develop educational materials based on USDA’s food and nutrition information."
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Re: New food pyramid - April 30, 2005 5:50:00 AM
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SJBird55
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You know, I still don't see chocolate listed as a food group. LOL I'm sorry, but something is off - I mean, there just has to be a recommended, healthy, needed dose of chocolate, doesn't there?
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Re: New food pyramid - April 30, 2005 5:56:00 AM
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jma
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Perhaps in France, where there is great chocolate from what I hear.
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Re: New food pyramid - April 30, 2005 1:34:00 PM
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Dark chocolate has been shown (somewhere, I can't recall, I think the New Scientist) to be beneficial for the CV system. Not milk choc.
It's great brain food, fo sure, and it happens that dark chocolate is my favourite.
Another great source of chocolate is patagonia....
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Re: New food pyramid - May 1, 2005 6:13:00 AM
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jma
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Interesting. I heard about that but did not know where to look for it. Hope to find info from it. Could have been great to know that when I was in school for brain food.
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Re: New food pyramid - May 1, 2005 9:27:00 AM
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jma
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Thanks for the info. Just what I need to look into.
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Re: New food pyramid - May 1, 2005 3:00:00 PM
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Did anyone notice the re-phrasing of some items? Particularly the "CHOOSE food and beverages LOW in ADDED sugars". "Choose" instead of "avoid", "Low" instead of "no added", and "added sugars" instead of "high in sugar".
I read an article in some publication about the sugar industry's influence over the phrasing used in the pyramid. Interesting.....
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Re: New food pyramid - May 2, 2005 5:36:00 AM
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Hi All,
Dark chocolate contains magnesium and many other good food for brain. It contains also a kind of endorphin.
But even the best chocolates contains alas fat. In France the "reason" says no more than 20g/day not 20g/minute!
Choose those that contains at least 70% cacao. It is of course more expensive. We find here some with 82/85% that are near from "dam-na-tion" but may fall ourselves addictive!
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Re: New food pyramid - May 2, 2005 9:03:00 AM
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Here's my take on the new food pyramid:
But first...
JSPT - good catch! Sugar lobbyists have an influence on this one. I know that the Sugar Association threatened to lobby congress to remove their funding to the WHO if they held to their suggestion that states people "get no more than 10% of calories from sugar additives". This contribution is to the tune of $406 Million - a quarter of the WHO budget. I don't know how this all panned out, but those are the facts. The Sugar Association tried to squash the report claiming "insufficient evidence" that sugar helps contribute to obesity, diabetes, certain cancers and syndrome X. This is a ridiculous assertion to say the least, as evidence of the connection is overwhelming. Sugar is not the only factor - let's be clear about that. Too many calories are certainly a huge factor - especially those from refined grains, saturated fat, trans fats in addition to sugar. But to say sugar isn't at least a peice to that puzzle is asinine.
Now here's what I like about the pyramid.
- I'm glad they gave the straight goods on how much exercise people ACTUALLY need to lose body fat. These seemed to have been loosened every time I looked. Sorry Jorge Cruise - 8 minutes a day DOES NOT cut it.
- They've recommended a more realistic 6oz of grains (not the 5-12 like our canadian food guide).
- I like the variablity (ie. carb recommendations are as low as 45% and as high as 65% - depending on the population) - same for fat, with protein making up the remainder.
Here's what I don't like (understand)
- Doesn't provide enough detail as to "how" to make better choices within the grains/milk/meat categories.
- Should encourage people to consume almost ALL (if not most) of their grain choices from whole grains.
- Like the recommendation of getting fat consumption from fish and nuts, but again, they need to specify when it comes to which oils should be recommended (for example, it is well-documented that olive and canola oils are healthier than other vegetable oils)
- I have a problem with them not recommending an absolute EXCLUSION of trans fats. Intead, they lump them in with saturated fats and salts (which are okay in moderation, unlike their deadly counterpart)
- As eluded to before, and as mentioned by JSPT - they've tiptoed around the sugar issue by not expressly recommending a restriction. This should replace "trans fats" as "items to limit"
- There should be more of an emphasis on simply eating less. Suggestions such as eating early and eating often should be included somewhere on the pyramid.
- I don't know why they think that measuring cups vs. measuring servings is somehow more user-friendly (as many dieticians have suggested). How difficult is it to relate things to a light bulb, a deck of cards, a fist and a hockey puck (okay, the last one may be for us Canucks only!)
Overall, they could have done better. Many details are lost in trying to condense the imformation and they should have made a point to emphasize certain things.
Any thoughts?
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Re: New food pyramid - May 2, 2005 4:08:00 PM
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jma
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It goes way beyond what I first learned about the food pyramid. Not that it has been revamped, it generates more questions as well. They do have a contact link. Perhaps they can respond to your inquiries. There is always room for clarification down the road. It will be revised again in the future I suppose.
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Re: New food pyramid - May 3, 2005 5:01:00 AM
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I think that's a good summary by CoreConcepts.
The meat, dairy, and sugar groups are heavily involved in creating these pyramids, just as they are/were in determining RDAs, etc.
I think the best thing they could have done, which they clearly did not do, is recommend fewer total calories and smaller portions at meals. Every successful diet program has that in common.
Like Core said, "Simply eating less" is a big issue in both our super-sized countries, not to mention our friends in the UK, Australia, NZ, etc.
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