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Remember those oh so informative health classes back in middle school? Sure, you laughed every time the teacher said "penis," but do you remember the food pyramid? Looking back now, I should have suspected that something was wrong with it. Our so-called nutrition expert, also known as the P....
mick
posted 8/08/08 @ 2:23 PM EST
Are we retards?
And maybe an even stupider thing, somebody got paid to draw this up. That's right, grant money was used and your and my tax dollars were spent for some scientist to draw an orange triangle that represented fruits. It's rediculous. I've taken one course in nutrition and I could throw this shit together in ten minutes. Red meat bad, fish good. Butter bad, skim milk good. Get some exercise.
And would mine have equaled the real thing? I dont know if I would have thought of gems like "positioning...daily exercise and weight control at the base of the pyramid in order to emphasize its importance".
In conclusion, the food pyramid is useless. Thanks for your time.