Originally Posted by ewert

Well I think it boils down to personal preference on the order of the categories after veggies and meat. Except I really think putting berries anywhere else than right after veggies would be wrong.

Even though a lot of people like to eat a lot of cheese and nuts, I would say it is more because of convenience than nutritional value. Thus, the _recommendations_ are based on nutritional value.

I might even go so far as saying that pulling nuts&cheese down could represent the same problem that grains had in the previous pyramid. Convenience over nutritional value.

I do eat my cheese&nuts, but I know a hearty meat&veggies would be better. Cheese&nuts are the fast food of low carb sort of. Of course LOTS better than the low-fat versions of fast food. But still convenience over nutrition.