Why is the Harvard wholesome Eating Pyramid distinct to the Usda Food Pyramid?

I wonder if you knew that Harvard came out with their own wholesome Eating Pyramid because they didn't preserve the Usda Food Pyramid?

Harvard's thoughts about the Usda's pyramid and it's successor My Pyramid, were: "Its blueprint was based on shaky scientific evidence, and it hasn't appreciably changed over the years to reflect major advances in our insight of the relationship between diet and health." I don't know about you but I get both intrigued and vexed when something that is promoted so widely as being good for you is brought into such questionable limelight by a reputable society and nothing, zero, zip, nada is apparently done about it.

The Food Pyramid

So I've been doing a bit of personal digging and exploring over the past few years and believe I have something to offer to turn the blurring into clarity and point the way to where I believe the food pyramid could go in the future.

Why is it important to you? Because when I was in healing school it used to take 20-30 years between a new idea's discovery to it appearing in text books. Can you imagine what 20-30 years of making the wrong food choices can do to you? unquestionably it could be the contrast between life and death. Yours! So if you weren't unquestionably paying attention before I hope that has woken you up to want to know more. Could it unquestionably take 20-30 years for the Usda to change their opinions? I can imagine it may take even longer because as Harvard comments change is unlikely given that it comes from the Us division of Agriculture which is responsibly for promoting American agriculture and not necessarily health.

The implication is that lobbying is focused on retention the American agriculture wholesome at the price of your personal health. Why do I say this? Because we are all conditioned from school onwards to accept and work with the Usda pyramid. That conditioning can create a lot of inertia that is hard to break out of but it can be done. It starts with exposing yourself to other thoughts from citizen that have your health in mind.

As an alternative to what Harvard have called "the Usda's flawed pyramid", William C. Willett Md and other members of the Harvard School of public Health, have built the wholesome Eating Pyramid. Which is a research based pyramid. It's a pyramid you want to pay attention to. It starts from a base of exercise, portion operate and weight supervision because they know that apart from whether you smoke the estimate that glares up at you from the bathroom scales is the most important predictor of your future health.

The other main differences that we see are that the next layer i.e. The first food layer is made up of fruits and vegetables, wholesome oils and fats, and grains. Note that fruits and vegetables are progressively working their way lower into the pyramid as grains are reducing in quantity and wholesome fats have moved from the top of the Usda pyramid to the main layer of the Harvard one.

The next layer up is the protein layer for meat eaters and vegetarians. And above that is milk or calcium supplements. As well as calcium supplements, Harvard is also recommending a multi vitamin. Which is a break away from the idea that you should be able to get all your nutrients from the food you eat. You can way the Harvard pyramid here: www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/index.html

But is this the best you can do for yourself? Even Harvard openly admits "The wholesome Eating Pyramid will change to reflect important new evidence."

We need to understand that even though we can fly a man to the moon and back we are still in a major learning curve about wholesome eating. The lively thing for me is that we are closer than ever to truly insight it. A lot of research has been done and there are some very clear pointers as to how the Harvard wholesome Eating Pyramid could be improved.

From there it is up to you to explore. One of the best tools you've got to help you on that journey is your own body-mind. How you use it is you pay attention to how you feel while eating and after eating right up till your next meal. If you are eating right your power levels will stay solid and balanced right through. Now that's the way to live well.

Why is the Harvard wholesome Eating Pyramid distinct to the Usda Food Pyramid?