Food guide pyramid

Hasn't the food guide pyramid been retired by my plate?

No one does, or should. It's based more on the food industries' needs than nutritional science. This is why the grain servings are unrealistically high and the protein far too low.

In the forties butter was a food group, to be eaten at every meal. Unfortunately bacon wasn't given the same stature.

I absolutely DO NOT follow "myplate" or the old pyramid. No cereal grains for me. I get my carbs from dairy, fruits and veg and sometimes legumes. (ok and to be honest sometimes from reeces peanut butter cups) Also I think the servings of fruits and vegetables are ridiculously small... if you get rid most of the starches and replace with leafy greens and colorful vegetables and fruits, it makes a LOT more sense. 3-5 servings of fruit and 7+ servings of vegetables, heavy on the leafy greens sounds pretty good to me!

No one does, or should. It's based more on the food industries' needs than nutritional science. This is why the grain servings are unrealistically high and the protein far too low.

But the meat industry is a huge interest group. In fact, there was a lot of resistance from them when MyPlate came out because of the size of the protein group. Also, keep in mind that other foods, like dairy, still have protein in them, but don't qualify as "protein foods" because of their nutrient profile.

Yes, but the USDA minimum recommendation for protein for an adult woman is 46 grams, 56 for a man, which is 10% of total calories. On the "My Plate" the total recommendation for the day is 5 oz. of lean meat or equivalent and just two servings of dairy. Based on what we know about obesity and carb intake this insufficient.