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> empty carbs Pretty sure it was whole grains. Not what the base of the pyramid ought to be (it should really be vegetables) but hardly "empty" calories. Japa
by triceratops 1y ago
> empty carbs
Pretty sure it was whole grains. Not what the base of the pyramid ought to be (it should really be vegetables) but hardly "empty" calories.
Japanese eat lots of rice, white rice even, and stay thin. The food pyramid wasn't the problem. Putting sugar in everything, eating cereal and other processed foods, and dropping home economics cooking classes from school was the culprit.
- frumplestlatz 1y ago> Pretty sure it was whole grains. It wasn’t. https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rebuilding-the-food-pyramid/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/rebuilding-the-fo...
- triceratops 1y agoLike I said, eating white rice has worked out just fine for Japan.
- frumplestlatz 1y agoCool. That’s not what the food pyramid promoted.
- triceratops 1y agoRice was one of the grains