USDA's ''MyPlate''

AniMarieSt
AniMarieSt Posts: 119 Member
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
The new USDA's MyPlate (http://http://www.choosemyplate.gov/)? I like it! What do you guys think of the new site? I love how they changed meat to protein to open the door for vegetarians and such. :happy:

Article: Out with the Pyramid, In with the Plate: What You Need to Know about USDA's ''MyPlate --> http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/nutrition_articles.asp?id=425

What do you guys think?

~ Joanna

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  • Onesnap
    Onesnap Posts: 2,819 Member
    Since many millions of our tax dollars went into this new plan it had better be good, right? (I think $2M to be exact).
  • loseatonlady
    loseatonlady Posts: 160
    I like the concept but I think the veggie area needs to be larger & carbs less! All just personal opinion though :wink:
  • DemonChaser
    DemonChaser Posts: 4
    I agree with Jillian, it doesn't really address the underlying problem with what we choose to consume everyday.

    http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/we-need-policy-not-plates.aspx
  • MisMolly
    MisMolly Posts: 88 Member
    I haven't really looked at the MyPlate plan, but did see an article in which Jillian Michaels sounded off about it.

    http://www.everydayhealth.com/healthy-living/we-need-policy-not-plates.aspx
  • End6ame
    End6ame Posts: 903
    Since many millions of our tax dollars went into this new plan it had better be good, right? (I think $2M to be exact).

    Can I get a refund?
  • bcattoes
    bcattoes Posts: 17,299 Member
    Honestly I don't see it as much of an improvement. I think this pyramid has always been better.

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid/index.html

    It more clearly illustrates the difference between good carbs/fats and bad carbs/fats. The plate may be good to show portion control, but what is in those portions is just as important.
  • End6ame
    End6ame Posts: 903
    It is still out dated with the thinking that cholesterol and saturated fat are evil and lead to heart disease. Something that continues to keep being disproven. I will continue to exercise my own judgment rather them conforming to the will of my government.
  • ka_42
    ka_42 Posts: 720 Member
    I like it. I think people who are making a effort to get healthy will see that half of their plates should be vegetables. If that is the only change people make it would be enough to change their health dramatically. Unlike the pyramid where the biggest portion was for bread/grains.

    Everyone must be loading Jillian's article because I can't open page two! She does make a good point. It is a big vague. Yet, it's still a major improvement. After all, we can't rely on the government to tell us what we should be eating. We have to rely on what we already know... eat from the earth. Eat whole foods. Reduced processed foods as much as you possibly can and your health will thank you. Like she says in the article- Americans aren't all stupid. We know that veggies are good for us.... it's up to us to choose to start eating them.. lots of them!
  • thedreamhazer
    thedreamhazer Posts: 1,156 Member
    I haven't read what Jillian wrote (loading it now) but I will say this --- I like the plate. I think it's a thousand times better than the pyramid, and as a reference tool it makes a lot more sense for the daily consumer.

    I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I want to defend the plate. I remember Wellness class in middle school, studying the food pyramid. I think studying the food plate is a lot better and easier for children to understand. I would place this as its most important function, and I think as a learning tool it is a vast improvement.

    It's not something to place too much importance on.
  • Jentorres8814
    Jentorres8814 Posts: 121 Member
    It's better than what it used to be that's for sure! My son can understand it and it makes a great teaching tool.
  • End6ame
    End6ame Posts: 903
    I haven't read what Jillian wrote (loading it now) but I will say this --- I like the plate. I think it's a thousand times better than the pyramid, and as a reference tool it makes a lot more sense for the daily consumer.

    I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I want to defend the plate. I remember Wellness class in middle school, studying the food pyramid. I think studying the food plate is a lot better and easier for children to understand. I would place this as its most important function, and I think as a learning tool it is a vast improvement.

    It's not something to place too much importance on.

    I think it is largely irrelevant to students because they will still go home and be subject to whatever their parents feed them, and that is what they will learn from and most likely continue in their adult lives, not a graphic of a plate. Additionally the schools don’t even server healthy food because of their contracts with vendors. It is mostly packaged and processed crap.

    Children learn by example more than lecture, so if the school doesn't follow it and the parents don't follow it, it is useless.
  • bellinachuchina
    bellinachuchina Posts: 498 Member
    Honestly I don't see it as much of an improvement. I think this pyramid has always been better.

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/what-should-you-eat/pyramid/index.html

    It more clearly illustrates the difference between good carbs/fats and bad carbs/fats. The plate may be good to show portion control, but what is in those portions is just as important.

    Love this :flowerforyou:
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