Groups of foods you eat in one day so you can understand at a glance know built a pyramid-shaped figure? Is a United States Department of Agriculture announced 12 years ago.

To send healthy eating habits, focusing on Visual アッピール the food pyramid rather than just the United States has been used around the world. However, would be aged 12 years and also away voice deficiencies complained of had up here. So America USDA attracted opinions of various people on the Internet, I decided to erect a ‘new pyramid age appropriate”.

Food pyramid was first made came while is renewed every five years thereafter in 1980 until the year 2000. Also next year 2005 will be a new turning point.

From 4 to 6 of

4 Group count method is guided Japan even with Kagawa nutrition University’s （ no. 1 group; milk, dairy products, egg, no. 2 group; seafood, meat, beans, bean products, and no. 3 Group; vegetables, potatoes, fruit, 4-group; cereals, sugar, fats and other ）, America USDA Food Pyramid also was 4 group at the start, was group after group of 6.

Japan Diabetes Association ‘for treatment of diabetic food exchanges table’ is a set of 6.
Carbohydrate amount and its distribution, so point blood sugar control problem is likely a bit of a same group include grain and oil as an energy source, the 4 group.

Advantages and disadvantages of the pyramid

The great thing about the food pyramid where it visually lineups of each food group intake percentage?
And must take sufficient carbohydrate sources such as bread, rice, cereals and potatoes to the bottom of the bottom, small portions of the Summit pyramid on oils and fats image lowfat diet.

You will not pay attention to food quality as the shortcomings and elusive as a daily intake of 1 dish minutes （ 1 serving ）.
For example, various things, such as oleic acid of essential fatty acids that same oils and fats group even if saturated fatty acids as bad fats, be provisioned from a food and healthy olive oil. Some fats and indiscriminately and ‘bad’ is useless.

Rice and bread to refine the white from whole grains rich in nutrients carbohydrates even to rapid rise in blood sugar.
Calls for the consideration of this is up from the nutrition expert.

1 Serving is way of weighing food materials are at hand, the weighing of America unique measuring cup (about 240 ml).

“For example at least 3 servings of vegetables to eat one day, the ‘ 5 a day ‘ as is a famous campaign (remaining 2 servings, fruit), 1 serving of vegetables that is 1 cup of leafy vegetables if. 1 Serving is 1 / 2 cup chopped vegetables and boiled vegetables.
Totally different and written some previous （ serving ） and canned or frozen foods ‘serving’ is a weak point lead to confusion.

What shape the new pyramid or fun.