Today, we are bombarded with health tips, aren’t we? And they all conflict.
Magazines write about chocolate being good for you, then 2 days later that same mag will do an exposé on chocolate being the food equivalent of John Jarratt‘s homicidal character from Wolf Creek. Pete Evans’ cookbook reckons that a caveman broth for babies is the best parenting option despite it actually killing them, and Belle Gibson cured her “cancer” by just eating activated carrots and organic chia seeds from Norway or some other tasteless bullshit. How the fuck are we supposed to know what to do?
The same way our parents taught us as kids, that you may have forgotten about: the nutritional pyramid.
Nutrition Australia have recently updated the nutritional pyramid for the first time in fifteen years, to help people see past the ‘fad diets’ that are so common today.
Executive Officer of Victoria’s NA Division, Lucinda Hancock, said health professionals are concerned about the overwhelming amount of conflicting and confusing information about food and nutrition: “You don’t need to follow a restrictive diet or cut out entire food groups to eat healthier, because this can also lead to other issues such as yoyo dieting or nutrient deficiencies.”
While the old pyramid had 3 levels – Eat Most (vegetables, fruit, grains, nuts and legumes), Eat Moderately (dairy and meat), and Eat Least (added fats and sugars) – the new pyramid separates your lunch in to five sections that visibly show how much of each section you should be eating.
The pyramid also reflects changing diet and taste patterns and cultural diversity, with the addition of items such as quinoa, soba noodles, and soy milk.
Have a squiz:
And while the top layer may be healthy fats, just FYI, that doesn’t include oily burgers:
