what's wrong with this picture?

This is the "food pyramid" that the government is promoting right now. On first glance, it looks good. But if you look at this, most of your food would be carbohydrates which is not good for your body which needs proteins and fats to do most of it's metabolic functions like fighting colds or giving you energy to do your daily tasks. They suggest "lean protein" which means you don't get enough good saturated fats which your body needs to be nourished, and which also helps you absorb many of the vitamins you just ate in other foods. Saturated fat also keeps your immune system strong... you need A and D which are found in animal meats. The reason Grains are on there in such a large amount is because we have a huge food industry involved in growing and shipping wheat all over the world. You need very, very little grain in your diet to be healthy. And wheat is not a staple... oats and quinoa could easily fulfill your want of grains. You probably haven't noticed how much processed food is mostly grains... and these do nothing for your body or give you energy like protein and fats. This website promotes fat-free or low-fat (1%) milk which again is higher in sugars and to achieve that low-fat ratio, has powdered cholesterol added back in as well as synthetic vitamins because the real vitamins were destroyed in the pasteurization process. Most people do not tolerate this fake milk well. It's not real milk and your body has a hard time digesting it or getting anything nutritional from it. Fruits can be consumed minimally also. They are high in sugar and should only be eaten in their natural state, in small amounts, if you want any vitamin benefit from them. That means juices are way too sugary and are nutritionally negative to your body.

What this means is that if you're looking for good nutritional advice, the government is not the place to find it. This also means that the obesity epidemic will continue to rise because this food pyramid will not solve it-- carbohydrates are used first by the body and your fat is burned after that. If you keep putting carbs into your body, you will never burn the fat you have stored. And eating fat does not cause the fat storage on your body. Too many carbs does! So eating too many carbs leaves you with fat accumulated on your body, low energy, constant hunger cravings and no nutrition.