New and Enhanced Food Pyramid

Above about food pyramid.

First, my pyramid is customizable. Get custom plan to your personalized page by age, sex, and your activities level.By simply enter the 'Submit', you get more specific than "6-11 servings of grains per day" recommendations, as the classical pyramid. Instead of these vague recommendations, tell you your pyramid 170 g (6 oz) cereal, or two and a half cups of vegetables.

Although even this would be the only improvement provided by this site, it is already significant. No need to play the guessing game to determine what purpose set 6 servings or rather 11… instead?The nutrition calculator takes into account your age, your gender, and your level of activity (beyond your daily routine) to determine a recommended caloric intake. From there, it divides the calories from food groups, telling you exactly how much you need to consume each group a day for healthy eating.It is much easier to determine that represent 2 “cups” than “3 in 5″ portions of dairy milk!

But that’s not all.Below the graph indicating the precise quantities pyramid-shaped, you will find a list of links to “tricks” to choose in each food group, healthiest foods sorted by food group.

You will find excellent tips, as well as ways to cook the food so tasty and nourishing.Here are some examples for each category:

* Cereals: Replace “crumbs” by full grain in your lining.
* Vegetables: Try crunchy, raw or lightly cooked with steam vegetables.
* Fruit: En mischievousness, try to take the stewed Apple as substitute without fat oil.
* Milk: Go the whole milk “gradually” skimmed milk week after week.
* Meat/starches: in your diet, replace “part” of the meat by nuts.

You want to compare your actual power with the dietary guidelines and get precise and personalized advice to improve it?At the bottom of the list of links, you will find the menu “My pyramid” logger.It, and very far, the easiest I have ever seen tool.Enter the foods that you consume in a normal day, click Analyze, and you’ll get a drill down the number of calories, the quantity of 25 specific nutrients, the differences between your power and an optimal power, and specific advice on the changes that you must adopt to eat healthier way.Even better: you can keep your history, day after day, to monitor your eating habits and observe the improvements.This is a variant of the calendar system.Use it, and can you improve your diet every day.A when the same tool from French or Canadian Governments?