Guest guest Posted February 15, 2000 Report Share Posted February 15, 2000 The Food Guide Pyramid is a tool designed to help people achieve balance by choosing from among a variety of food groups. Its message is to eat enough protein-rich foods, including fruit, vegetables, grains and calcium-rich dairy products. Yet, it is still possible to miss the optimal nutrition mark with one's diet if a variety of individual foods are not chosen from within each food group, as well. The point of this first Dietary Guideline is this: Apples do not contain the same vitamins as oranges; meats provide a different nutritional package than do dried beans and peas; broccoli and peppers have different phytochemical profiles, and oatmeal is a better source of soluble fiber than whole wheat toast. Each of these foods, and others, make important and unique contributions to one's diet. It is worth the effort to include many different foods in planning menus across a week to obtain as full a range of nutrients, phytochemicals, fibers and antioxidants as possible for your diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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