Canada's New Food Guide
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At first glance (the site keeps dying) I like the written recommendations.
The graphic they chose, however, either didn't undergo proper scrutiny or it fell under the pressure of the meat and dairy lobbies. Notice how a 35-year-old woman should have:
The image below is another story. It covers about 240 pixels horizontally. A full 83 pixels of that is meat and meat alternatives, implying that meat should be 1/3 of your daily food serving intake, rather than the 10-15% the worded recommendation says. Same for milk and alternatives. The dairy portion is about 48 pixels, implying that 20% of your intake should be dairy, rather than the around 10% the recommendations seem to say. Note that dairy and grains are alloted roughly the same space in the picture—and that's being generous; to me the grains *seem* much less prominent—while we are being recommended to eat 3 to 4 times the servings of grains v. dairy. At least the vegetables and fruits get their due somewhat. :) Also notice that the fruits, vegetables, and grains crowd one another and are a bit on top of one another, while the meat and dairy portions get to be out front and prominent. A cursory glance at the image implies that nearly 50% of our intake should be meat and dairy, heh. |
The "food rainbow" picture makes it seem like you can eat everything in the same amount (when really one should eat more plant-based foods and less animal & animal-derived products) ~ the overall written recommendations are sound but the language is heavily diluted and tone down (much like USDA's food guide) - I guess the dairy & meat lobby has a heavy hand up north as well.
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To be honest, I didn't even see that picture until the next time I went back.
I like it. I do think it will help people to make better choices. A surprising number of folks don't know what you mean if you talk about whole, natural foods. And many have no idea how big a serving is. I thought I had a good handle on all the LOL's and BTW's but I don't know what HEH stands for ... anyone? |
Hi there,
I just completed the "My Food Guide" link. It's pretty cool because you can choose the foods you like to put in each bar. I just printed mine out to stick on the fridge. I"m thinking that because I'm trying to reduce that I'd cut out maybe 2 grain products? It's too bad that it doesn't give any advice on what to cut if you're trying to lose weight...D |
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Oh I see! Thanks.
LastDitchEffort .... I think they just want you to eat slightly smaller portions and eat less of those things that don't even belong to groups ;) Did anybody see that written or am I wishful thinkin'? |
I've oftentimes wondered why they make these servings so small. I mean, wouldn't it be easier to think "okay, I should aim to eat 3-4 servings of grains" rather than "6-7 servings of small grains"? Like.. I know culturally our serving sizes are too big so that's probably where it comes from, but I feel like the serving sizes could use some modification. Still, the emphasis on fruits and vegetables is awesome.
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