Interesting, or at least I thought so.

Kind of slams the USDA and implies they are influenced by dairy & meat lobbies.

http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/now/aug24/

I took a look at it and it doesn't look too much different than the current Food pyramid.

The USDA pyramid looks more like they were influenced by the grain lobby-- 6 to 11 servings of grains per day!

Willett is still suffering from saturated fat phobia, and recommends polyunsaturated vegetable oils in large quantities as a substitute (half the base of his pyramid). If this advice is taken up en masse, it will be a new development in human diet and Americans will again be guinea pigs. Lowfat---->Vegetable fat; Fryingpan---->Fire?

I agree. Looks like a tweaked version of the old one. I think I'll pass on making the bulk of my diet bread (whole grains or not).

That line still bugs me! You should not cook in corn oil.

I still think the atkins pyramid looks the best, but that may be part of a personal bias too.

This was in Scientific American in the January 2003 issue. It was mentioned here on the news forum.

I think the pyramid is very different form the government one. Whole grains and unsaturated fats at the bottom,pProcessed carbs at the top. Very close to what maintence can be.

Looks a lot like maint. to me except telling you to sparingly use the red meat and butter. Then again, I am vegetarian (and have no problem losing on higher carbs then most) so I probably eat differently then most typical Atkin followers.

I dont really plan on eating much grains at all. Certainly not daily, maybe a couple of times a week if that.

Veggies are a staple for me and I intend on eating plenty daily till the day I die.

I do not want to eat tons of polyunsaturated oils ever.
I use a high quality extra virgin olive oil on my salads and for light sauteing. The only polyunsaturated oils I get are in my supplements. I take borage oil for GLA and Cod Liver Oil for EPA and DHA. I use ghee which has a high amount of CLA and I use coconut and red palm oils which are both very saturated. I also like to grind up flax seeds on my salads sometimes.

I dont believe tons of polyunsaturated oils are good for you and I try and keep my fats balanced with mono and saturated at the highest and the least amount of polys.

The only part of that pyramid that looks close to maintenance for me is the white stuff at the tip... and even then, on my pyramid, I just wouldnt have them there at all.

I think the Atkins Pyramid is closer to what I will be eating like.