| For those of you who don't know, the food pyramid | | | | The new food pyramid however, is completely |
| is a carefully drawn up plan of exactly what the | | | | different. Apart from the fact that it's become three |
| human body needs nutritionally. That is, the food | | | | dimensional and has a figure climbing up the side of it, |
| pyramid is a guide to help us determine what we | | | | this new food guide has also eliminated the horizontal |
| should eat everyday. It doesn't have a set menu of | | | | lines. Instead we can now see lines starting from the |
| food that you need to eat per day. All it has is a | | | | tip of the pyramid and radiating downward. |
| guide that can help you plan your meals so that you | | | | Each of these sections are only as big, or small, as |
| get the correct amount of nutrients into your | | | | the earlier food pyramid sections were. Only with this |
| system every day. | | | | new food pyramid, you now know that although you |
| The food pyramid will show you the path to keeping | | | | need to eat some food types more than others, |
| yourself fit and healthy through a steady and healthy | | | | even within those food groups there are some foods |
| diet. Up until recently that's all the food pyramid did. | | | | that you should only eat in moderation. |
| In 2005 however, the food pyramid as we know it | | | | Additionally you'll also find that your new food |
| was changed forever, and a more up-to-date food | | | | pyramid is color coded. So you'll get an Orange stripe |
| pyramid took its place. Now you'll find that instead of | | | | representing grains; a Green stripe for vegetables; a |
| the two-dimensional food pyramid we're so used to, | | | | Red stripe for fruits; a Yellow stripe denoting how |
| it's become more three-dimensional. To show the | | | | much fats and oils you should have; a Blue stripe for |
| added benefits that regular exercise will have on you, | | | | the milk and dairy products that you're allowed; and a |
| a figure running up a flight of stairs on the side of | | | | Purple stripe showing you the quantities of meats, |
| the food pyramid has been added. | | | | fish, beans and suchlike that you should eat in a day. |
| Earlier if you looked at the food pyramid you would | | | | With six colored stripes denoting the quantities of |
| have seen horizontal lines spanning the food pyramid | | | | food you should take, and a figure of a healthy |
| with the food that we eat the most of, starting at | | | | person running up a flight of stairs on the side of it, |
| the bottom. The food that we should eat the least | | | | this new food pyramid is definitely better than the |
| amount of, could be found at the top. This is the | | | | old one, and can help you learn more about better |
| food pyramid that we all know about and the one | | | | eating habits, and a healthy lifestyle. |
| that was shown to us when we were in school. | | | | |