They acted like that shit was so important, but it was like super influenced by food lobbyists and misleading or whatever

Apparently in 2011 they changed it to "myplate" and I haven't heard anything about it since then

In Soviet north china the government lies about what a "healthy meal" is comprised of

  • emizeko [they/them]
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    3 years ago

    but but grain producers really need you to eat five servings a day of bread

    • spicymangos51 [she/her]
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      3 years ago

      Lol yes! I remember as a kid wondering how anyone was supposed to eat so much bread and still have room for the other categories.

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        The recommendations weren't totally unreasonable, just like poorly communicated. The way a serving was defined was really small, so like 6 servings might be one bagel or so.

    • Sickos [they/them, it/its]
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      3 years ago

      I remember it at one point being six (6) to eleven (11!) goddamned servings of grains a day.

      • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        I don't think anyone actually followed those guidelines tho, since the way a serving is defined a bagel is like 4-6 servings of grains. And idk, having a bagel a day is probably a fine amount of grains.