I am glad that the food pyramid was revamped and lifestyle guidelines were integrated into the whole thing.
I think that it's pretty balanced and meets many people's needs. Personally though, I eat more veggies, lentils and beans to get my calcium, protein and iron (I don't eat any animal products).
I eat more beans/legumes and less grains to healthfully meet all my nutritional needs. This way, from food alone, I routinely get as much as 400-600% of all the vitamins and minerals I need daily and also exceed my other nutritional needs as well
Keeping track of these things on fitday or other tracking programs is so helpful. I would like to try a different program, because I have had problems finding listings for many of the foods I regularly eat, as apparently vegetables, beans and legumes aren't mainstream enough to make the listings.
Anyone know of any other programs that include a wide variety of whole and natural foods?