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[–] Orbituary@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That's not how it was taught. Maybe that's how you learned it. Peanut butter and peanuts were on the bottom row with vegetables, not a meat sub.

https://peanut-institute.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/pyramid-med.jpg

That's a very different food pyramid from the one that I was taught at least. The 90s/2000s food pyramid made no distinction between different kinds of meats but did make a distinction between grains, fruits, and veggies, with grains as the base of the pyramid.

[–] Bougie_Birdie@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Your food guide looks different than mine. Notably, yours has a distinction between meat, poultry, and seafood where mine are all lumped in as one category that also includes legumes.

For what it's worth, I believe this guide has been fully discredited. There was a considerable amount of lobbying to present certain foods prominently.

[–] DannyBoy@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago

That's the one I'm familiar with. Funny what happens when a country and province is hugely invested in dairy farming and then their kids are taught in schools to consume large amounts of dairy to be healthy.