The Food Pyramid

The food pyramid, which is updated in the United States once every five years (the last modernize was in 2005) is basically a guide which tells you what your cusine levels should be. The primary food pyramid was first printed in 1992 to replace one of the oldest systems of food classification. Although the newer food pyramid is taking into account a lot more in terms of exactly what foods you should be eating it still has quite a bit of way to go till it is anyway perfect.

The unfortunate thing is that today we have more obesity in the Western world than ever before. Citizen are eating rubbish food and not getting sufficient exercise. The food-pyramid is a basic synopsis of the daily intakes of all the different food types that you should be having. The new food pyramid also includes sections on the amount of rehearsal you should be taking.

The Food Pyramid

For instance, the new food-pyramid tells you that you should have about 30 minutes a day of between moderate and vigorous exercise. It explains the dissimilarity between moderate rehearsal and vigorous exercise. One of the things that it promotes as moderate rehearsal is brisk walking, which it defines as walking at around 3 1/2 mph. One of the examples of vigorous physical rehearsal is walking very fast which it classifies as being over 4 1/2 miles per hour. You can also see food pyramids for children, food pyramids for vegetarians, even cultural food pyramids for different types of diet, for instance Chinese food pyramid.

The Food Pyramid