Yep, and I think it has done a lot of damage to those of us who were forced to follow it for school lunches, or whose well-meaning Moms thought it was scientifically derived. Even now, when we know it is bunk, our metabolisms are permanently slowed from being subjected to it during our formative years. I never had any kind of weight problem until 6th grade, which is coincidentally when the food pyramid came out, and ever since, I have struggled to keep a healthy weight, even though I have mostly cut out carbs since college. Same with my sister.
Yep, and I think it has done a lot of damage to those of us who were forced to follow it for school lunches, or whose well-meaning Moms thought it was scientifically derived. Even now, when we know it is bunk, our metabolisms are permanently slowed from being subjected to it during our formative years. I never had any kind of weight problem until 6th grade, which is coincidentally when the food pyramid came out, and ever since, I have struggled to keep a healthy weight, even though I have mostly cut out carbs since college. Same with my sister.