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Compared to the “standard” food pyramid
Which promotes seed oils, supplements, processed grains, amongst other things.
seed oils
Which are healthier than animal fats.
supplements
If by that you mean ‘vitamins’, then yes. We spend far more of our time indoors than the cavemen did, of course we need Vitamin D. Please do not spread potentially dangerous health misinformation by telling people that vitamins are bad.
processed grains
Whole grains. Which are healthier than what most people eat (white rice, white bread, etc).
Vitamin D
Jet has not said a single word about vitamins being bad. Vitamins are essential to our body. It’s in the name.
seed oils are healthier than animal fats.
Do you think this is true because 1. they lower blood lipoproteins and 2. saturated fats cause heart disease? I invite you to read about both of these things, as well as metabolic health in general.
I think we’d all appreciate it if you do not spread dangerous health misinformation by telling people that industrially processed oils are good.
Since this poster has been banned for poor behavior, I’m still going to respond, but if they want to continue the conversation in DMs I welcome it
Which are healthier than animal fats.
This is a common misconception: https://www.dietdoctor.com/low-carb/saturated-fat#evidence-to-date
Industrial Oils do lower LDL, which is thought to be a good thing in the Ancel Keys paradigm, but this is done through plant sterols interfering with cholesterol production. LDL is only a bad thing when its damaged, and only the industrial oils damage the LDL. Animal sourced fats do not pose any threat to human health including CVD.
of course we need Vitamin D. Please do not spread potentially dangerous health misinformation by telling people that vitamins are bad.
Ideally you should get vitamin D from sun exposure, but if you cannot do that you can supplement but they should not be part of the default diet.
Whole grains. Which are healthier than what most people eat (white rice, white bread, etc).
White Rice actually has zero lectins! Curious isn’t it?
Whole grains convert to blood glucose with more delay then other grains, but regardless it gets converted into blood glucose which isn’t good for your health at all.
It is appalling that sugar and alcohol are even on the “standard” pyramid. What’s more, exercise and weight control aren’t even foods. Why are they on there?
Food pyramids are nonsense in the first place, but they’re on there with the other “least important/needed” things at the top, because people do consume them. It’s silly that exercise and weight control are on there, but they aren’t on most “standard” pyramids.
Couldn’t agree more!
Here is the source for the pyramid above: https://nutritionsource.hsph.harvard.edu/healthy-eating-pyramid/
Alcohol is on there because people use it, not because it’s recommended. It’s telling the low-brow muttonheads of the world to not drink so damn much.
Not enough cheese.
Now that is my kind of food pyramid!
I wonder why animal fats are at the top of the pyramid, when “fatty meat” is the first item on what to eat. 50% of energy from fat is the low fat end of this way of eating
That’s a really good point. Most of our energy comes from fat.
