The Food Guide Pyramid

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The Food Guide Pyramid...

The Food Guide Pyramid

The Purpose and Practical Use of A Food Guide Pyramid

Food Guide Pyramid

The Food Guide Pyramid was designed as an easy way to show the groups of foods that make up a good diet. It also shows how much of these different groups you need to eat to stay healthy. It is in a pyramid shape (rather than a circle or square) to explain the different proportions of foods to one another. The foods that make up the base (the widest part) should provide the bulk (the biggest part) of your diet, and as you go up the

pyramid, the requirements get smaller as the pyramid gets skinnier.

The Food Guide Pyramid also gives the number of servings you should eat from each part of the pyramid every day. It often gives a range of numbers, like six to 11 servings, or two to four servings. Most kids need to eat at least the small number of servings to get the nutrients they need. (Nutrients are the things in foods that provide good nutrition.) And many kids will need more than the small number, especially kids who are into sports and need lots of energy.

Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta Group:

This group is at the bottom of the pyramid. This

means that the foods in this group should make

up the biggest part of what you eat all day. That's

because bread, cereal, rice, and pasta are all

great sources of carbohydrate, the nutrient that

the body uses as its major energy source. So if

you want lots of power, be sure to hit the bottom

of the pyramid! And carbohydrate isn't the only bonus

you'll get from this food group: You'll also get lots of B

vitamins and iron.

The Food Guide Pyramid suggests that people

eat six to 11 servings from this group each day.

Here are some examples of what counts as one serving:

one slice of bread

1/2 cup of cooked rice or pasta

1/2 cup of cooked cereal

1 ounce of cold cereal

1/2 bagel or English muffin

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