If you grew up in the '90s, you remember the Food Pyramid. It's now outdated, but why hasn't the USDA provided better health ...

The USDA Pyramid places fat at the top, to be consumed in very limited quantities, but not all fats are the same. Saturated fats - from meat and dairy foods - can contribute to the development of ...

Did the supposed “food desert” problem get worse? When Nina Teicholz wrote her book The Big Fat Surprise: Why Butter, Meat and Cheese Belong in a Healthy Diet back in 2014, she challenged 40 ...

The pyramid recommends limiting sweets to 75 ... Healthier choices include fish, skinless white-meat poultry, low-fat dairy foods, and legumes, such lentils, beans and peas -- which also happen ...

Total fat intake 0 to 10 ≤ 30% energy from fat ≥ 45% energy from fat Saturated fat intake 0 to 10 < 10% energy from saturated fat ≥ 15% energy from saturated fat Cholesterol intake 0 to 10 ...

Erin Massey is a registered dietitian nutritionist and Transylvania County’s family and consumer science agent. She answers nutrition or other food-related questions.

This led her team to create the new food pyramid as a graphic image, which she hopes will be easier for the elderly to access and understand. The pyramid stresses the importance of consuming non-fat ...