The food pyramid may have been the norm in the past, but we now know better. If you want to feel your best and/or reach a healthy weight, it’s time for a new approach.

Figure 1: The US Department of Agriculture Food Guide Pyramid, which is published under an open-access license by the US Department of Agriculture Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion.

The food pyramid has long been a source of fluctuating guidance around how the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) suggest the American public eat. You remember the food pyramid right?

Weird History Food will tell you who exactly built the Food Pyramid. While the Egyptian Pyramids have created vast conspiracies about who made them, the American Food Pyramid is pretty obvious ...

What was originally intended to be an official blueprint for healthy eating turned into a moneymaker for the highest bidders in the food industry.

Why does the food pyramid include so many carbohydrates? How have recommendations changed over time? — Denise, Park City, Utah I am an ‘80s baby, so when I think of nutritional guidelines my ...

Over the years, the USDA food pyramid has changed, but there are other similar food guides. We detail the Harvard University Healthy Eating Pyramid and look at myths about good diets and nutrition.

It turns out that the food pyramid is wrong and was never based on a healthy diet. Instead, it was influenced by lobbyists who only had their bottom line in mind.

There isn’t a government food pyramid showing Lucky Charms are healthier than steak, as Joe Rogan claimed on Instagram.