Good night sweet polyhedron.



[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 8:27 PM. Reason : ]

5/28/2011 8:25:07 PM

mine is more of an inverted pyramid

or maybe a food column, with all the groups (except the sugar/fat group) in pretty equal proportion

5/28/2011 8:27:42 PM

This happened quite a while ago.

5/28/2011 9:41:56 PM

mine closely resembles a hamburger, topped with crunchy peanut butter and everlasting gobstoppers

5/28/2011 9:43:47 PM

^^ What happened awhile ago (are we talking about the same thing)?

5/28/2011 9:45:22 PM

The stick figure climbing the pyramid is a freaking FAT ASSSSSSS

5/28/2011 9:47:51 PM

NOT SO STICK FIGURE

5/28/2011 9:58:45 PM

[OLD]

5/28/2011 10:27:49 PM

Quote :

"Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello Dinner Plate Whatever you do, don’t call it a pie chart. The Obama administration is about to ditch the food pyramid, that symbol of healthy eating for the last two decades. In its place officials are dishing up a simple, plate-shaped symbol, sliced into wedges for the basic food groups and half-filled with fruits and vegetables. The circular plate, which will be unveiled Thursday, is meant to give consumers a fast, easily grasped reminder of the basics of a healthy diet. It consists of four colored sections, for fruits, vegetables, grains and protein, according to several people who have been briefed on the change. Beside the plate is a smaller circle for dairy, suggesting a glass of low-fat milk or perhaps a yogurt cup."

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/28/health/nutrition/28plate.html

If the food plate is [OLD] to you, then I tip my hat to thee.

[Edited on May 28, 2011 at 10:34 PM. Reason : ]

5/28/2011 10:34:25 PM

GODDAMNIT O - WHAT'S WRONG WITH A PYRAMID

THE LAST THING WE SHOULD BE DOING IS SHOWING A LACK OF SOLIDARITY WITH EGYPT RIGHT NOW DURING THIS CRITICAL TRANSITIONAL PERIOD FOR THEM

5/28/2011 10:39:29 PM

this is just retarded.

i hate you now, obama.

5/28/2011 10:44:07 PM

do not speaketh the name of the messiah for the intarwebs patrolling drones run by skynet will harvest your biometric data and put on you on the no fly list for life - tsa will need gloves for you


I am actually being serious and for this reason I shall never create even an utterance of His name

5/28/2011 10:46:53 PM

ok i will now refer to him as OBOMBA

5/28/2011 11:27:59 PM

the plate idea sounds good because it shows exactly what and how much to eat to stupid idiots (majority of the population).

half filled with veggies and fruits? AWESOME!

5/29/2011 2:13:05 AM

avg American:

" I ATED MY BOOGERS AND THEY WERE GOOD 4 ME "

5/29/2011 2:14:07 AM

Quote :

"the plate idea sounds good because it shows exactly what and how much to eat to stupid idiots (majority of the population). half filled with veggies and fruits? AWESOME!"

i actually agree with this.




but at the same time-do you think this will actually make a difference.
i mean are people gonna be more apt to follow it now?

im thinking not.

[Edited on May 29, 2011 at 8:41 AM. Reason : sfdfdsf]

5/29/2011 8:36:17 AM

so basically it goes back to the way I learned it in '91 except it's a circle instead of boxes

ok

I thought they'd at least size the slices according to recommended intake %

5/29/2011 8:54:25 AM

^i thought they were doing that

5/29/2011 8:56:44 AM

i didnt see the article mention that. they just say 4 slices with some dairy on the side, so I'd assume 4 equal quarters for easier interpretation/pic-insertion

5/29/2011 9:12:38 AM

hmmmmm, i have no idea


i honestly didnt read the whole article, i skimmed through it

5/29/2011 9:30:07 AM

So now its dumbed down to MAKE YOUR PLATE LOOK LIKE THIS AND YOU BE HEALTHY HERP DERP

also it sounds like they are removing sweets entirely?

How long before if your kids dish doesn't look like this you're getting fined

I'm looking at you, school cafeteria plate cameras

5/29/2011 9:45:51 AM

Quote :

"but at the same time-do you think this will actually make a difference. i mean are people gonna be more apt to follow it now?"

I think it will make a difference for a [very] small percentage of the population by showing them what exactly their lunch/dinner plate should look like.

In general though, a redrawn pictorial will not provide intrinsic desire/motivation to eat right.

Quote :

"I thought they'd at least size the slices according to recommended intake %"

If the circle is divided into a quarter veggies, quarter fruit, quarter WHOLE grain, and quarter unprocessed protein/flesh, that's pretty good. If everybody in the US ate like that, billions in health care would be saved annually, and there would be tens hundreds of thousands fewer deaths.

I do wish, though, that they had included a sliver (about a 1/10 th of the circle) of olive oil + nuts. Just that recommendation alone (regardless of one's diet) could avert the deaths of tens of thousands more, annually. But of course, as we know, fat is bad

Quote :

"Some who have seen the logo compared it with a pie chart, though dessert is hardly the association that the administration would like to conjure up. Others likened it to a pizza cut into slices (equally unpalatable for officials). "

[Edited on May 29, 2011 at 10:50 AM. Reason : ]

5/29/2011 10:49:06 AM

^

Quote :

"I do wish, though, that they had included a sliver (about a 1/10 th of the circle) of olive oil."

HELL NO. make it avocado plz. kk thanks.

5/29/2011 10:51:05 AM

i edited my post.

[olive oil + nuts]

avocado would come under the fruits/veggies anyway. have more if you want, its that good for you!

5/29/2011 10:52:27 AM

i know this.
i, too, used to be a health nut


i eat 5-8 a week


i meant it in a fat way though. (under the sliver you speak of fat)




[Edited on May 29, 2011 at 10:54 AM. Reason : ghjg]

5/29/2011 10:53:27 AM

oh shit.

you must be rich

i probably consume 2-4 tablespoons of EVOO plus about 2 handfuls of mixed nuts, daily.

yeah, avocado could br placed in that [sadly non-existent] fat sliver.

5/29/2011 10:56:59 AM

lol.

i get them in the 4 packs, about 4.50 a pack (trader joes...a little more expensive but the taste better)

so about $9 a week.


its a small price to pay for deliciousness.

5/29/2011 10:59:01 AM

5/29/2011 12:17:55 PM

thought you were talking about this guy, i'm not up on my food pyramid news

5/29/2011 1:43:37 PM

If the food pyramid is too complicated then people seriously need to go back and pass the second grade.

5/30/2011 12:24:05 AM

Again, I think now is not the time to be focusing on Egypt




I got nothing
derp derp

5/30/2011 12:25:25 AM

^^

1) The pyramid is false, according to what we know today. 6 to 11 servings of grain products a day? That's a sure fire recipe for insulin resistance (i.e., obesity, diabetes, heart disease, etc).

2) But let's say the pyramid is a good recipe. I don't think there is any one who doesn't understand it... most people know what is healthy and what isn't (as per the pyramid)... they just choose to eat what they like or crave or can't resist, i.e., junk food and fast food.

3) At the same time, you do have to consider that the pyramid is not a very good design of something that is easy to follow. It requires you to keep track of the number of servings of the different groups you eat daily. The new pictorial will show people what exactly their PLATE should look like at meal time, instead of keeping a running tally of food group servings. You can't argue that that isn't easier to follow.

4) Finally, most people are pretty 'stupid', in most countries. So, regardless of the government's new pictorial guidelines, people will eat what they want to eat. And there will always be people who will eat shit but claim they are following the guidelines:

1/4 plate of white bread/rice
1/4 plate of spam
1/4 plate of french fries
1/4 plate of canned fruit in heavy syrup

Hey, that matches the new guidelines:

1/4 grain
1/4 meat/protein
1/4 veggies
1/4 fruit

!!!

5/30/2011 5:05:25 PM

Quote :

"The pyramid is false"

because obviously there is only one diet that is healthy for people.

the problem isn't in the food pyramid/plate/whatever they come up with next. the problem is people have no self control and are too lazy to make their own food and eat out at restaurants 10+ times a week.

i eat 6-11 "servings" of the bread, cereal, rice & pasta group a day. but you know what else, i also eat fruit and vegetables and meat and dairy. i'm not anywhere near obese and have no family history of diabetes or heart disease. i don't think this is a sure fire recipe for me to develop those things.

5/30/2011 8:12:10 PM

RIP

6/3/2011 5:52:07 PM

If you need ANY logo to show you how to eat healthy you're a fucking idiot.

6/3/2011 5:58:30 PM

The only food pyramid I need is the massive ziggurat of goodness that I build on my plate at Golden Corral.

6/3/2011 6:02:42 PM

6/3/2011 6:13:26 PM

Quote :

"-Drink water instead of sugary drinks. -Switch to fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk."

*facepalm*

If you actually just got rid of the grains category and stopped encouraging low fat dairy, this would be a huge improvement over the previous pyramids.

6/3/2011 6:13:42 PM

Not sure I understand the change. I've always thought the pyramid was the government trolling the mass of dumbasses. Apparently, they're not getting enough bites?

It's not even about getting enough exercise, affording healthier foods, or resolving the psychological problems of comfort eating.

Responding to your body is hard? Is it not obvious why your dozing off after lunch or sitting on the toilet for 10 min? For fuck sakes, it's like knowing you need to take a shit or if you are bleeding.

6/4/2011 12:25:34 AM