The different food pyramids....

It's Tuesday, the day of the classes. Three classes scheduled, the first one almost done with. The topic to discuss in this class is quite interesting. We are talking about the evolution of nutrition and recommendations in the US. This included a lot of content ranging from dietary recommendation cards in the US; how their wordings changed from assertive words like "avoid salt" to politically correct words like "choose to have salt in moderation", how the decision making with something so scientific as nutrition and health has been influenced by politics and industry.
We also looked at the evolution of the food pyramid. The food pyramid from 1992 explains quite well why obesity is a disease in the US and a lot of the western world.



It is quite evident that the whole issue with this pyramid is that it recommended a superfluous intake of bread and cereal- the whole problem with the current day diet in the developed world!

This pyramid needed flipping, which did happen in 2005. The current day food pyramid would be self explanatory....




The beauty of this pyramid is that it not only tells people that carbohydrates and sugars are bad for them, but also that good health is about healthy eating compounded with exercise!

For the pleasures of those really into this stuff, following is the Food Pyramid drafted by Walter Willett, who can practically be termed the father of Nutritional Epidemiology. Hopefully a lot would be incorporated in the upcoming 2010 food pyramid.....

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My Tuesday evening class

I am back in class....Tuesday evening, 2.5 hours, painful, painful, painful.
It's not surprising I am writing this post right now. My last post was exactly a week back from this very class, which is scheduled just once a week. Quite an irony, the fact that the only time that I have come back to blogger to leave a post, the only time when I have been free, more mentally than time-wise really, is when I am in class, this very class!

But I get the feeling that I have to stop letting these lag times come in the way.....I mean I am busy and everything, but I still get my daily dose of news and other interesting articles, and coming to blogger for 5 minutes in a day would certainly do no harm to my quest with the boards.

Anyways, if nothing else happens, this class will, a week from now.......

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Good morning..........

I have to say that it feels great to be up almost 6 hours earlier than usual.....
And no greater pleasure than waking up to a great song.......

When people get drunk......

1:47 AM 1: 2 you online? you fat person.....
9 minutes

1:56 AM 2: oh u skinny lil thiong..
poor u ..underfed..
u asleep?
else its time to drink..

1:57 AM 1: huh
skinny
underfed?
what?

2: 2 is turning u on..

1: what?
hey
hi
its 1
remember
whats happening

2: %^&* that was defg n pqrs
im talli-ish
:P

1:58 AM 1: ok

2: i love you

1: me too
!!
lol

2: that wa pqrs
dont believ all tyhe cjhat lkk
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1: ok ok
stop destroying pcs

2: nmolp

1: anyways macs are taking over

2: ok..
1:59 AM do u wanna comeover to drink/
c'mon for 2..

1: lol
dude
spare the poor thing
when did you get back from boston?

2:00 AM 2: hey pqrs here come hereb man

1: and do what
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2:02 AM 1: people have lost it i can see

2: yes i have
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this should noty be cvhatvlogged
ill kill u
so dont

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2: coz u shyud be live over summer

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1
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dont doit
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1: whats happening here

2: 'k byeeeeee
byeee byee

1: bye

2: pqrs wants u fo come wirth qlcohol

2:04 AM 1: and why have you forgotten how to type

2: o k hye
bye
bye bye 1
;)
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