“Since 1992 more and more research has shown that the USDA pyramid is grossly flawed.”
Here’s the “interactive” version of the USDA Food Pyramid.
Here is a deep analysis/dissection of it, from Scientific American: Rebuilding the Food Pyramid. The article includes the quote above.
And here’s SciAm’s new and improved pyramid. Most Americans won’t want to see it, because the bottom level calls for “daily exercise.” But what a relief that is, that the obvious and uncontested truth has been proposed as a recommendation by an authority. And get this — Scientific American is not selling cookbooks or processed-food bars.
Advice without an agenda! Whoa, I’d better sit down.