1. The Food Pyramid, developed by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA), is an excellent tool to help you make healthy food choices. The food pyramid can help you choose from a variety of foods so you get the nutrients you need, and the suggested serving sizes can help you control the amount of calories, fat, saturated fat, cholesterol, sugar or sodium in your diet. 2. One advantage of using the Food Guide Pyramid is the ability …
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…I have a very active lifestyle and require close to 6 meals a day; it's strange because as soon as I eat it seems that within two to four hours I have already burned it off! I do not eat vegetables and fruits like I should, but I feel fine and seem to have plenty of energy without them. I may look into changing my habits to include these two groups more often from now on.