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Breaking News: Hunter Tries to Invert Food Pyramid

The United States Department of Agriculture was not the first one to develop a food pyramid guide. No, it wasn't Dr. Phil or Martha Stewart either. It was actually developed by two Swedish nationals. Anna Britt Agnasater, a food lecturer, who was conducting a seminar on basic food groups. An attendee Fjalar Clemes suggested that a pyramid or triangle can be used to illustrate the relative importance of each food group. Anna Britt Agnasater capitalized on the idea and introduced the first food guide pyramid. In was published in a Swedish magazine in 1974. The USDA then came out with its own version in 1992 and updated it in 2005. Many diet regimens have toyed with and challenged the rationale behind the food pyramid.

Many of these diets dances around the premise that we are inclined to consume the same basic food groups as our forefathers (our great, great, great...... grandfather) did. The advent of complex degenerative diseases triggered the reemergence of simplified, far less processed diets. The first civilised society did not suffer much from chronic diseases like hypertension, heart disease, Alzheimer's Disease and Diabetes. In earlier society, food was eaten very close to its natural state without being highly processed. Life was that easy and straightforward. How can you apply a life similar to that in the modern age? Will eating simplified diet lead to a healthier life?

There has been much debate about these issues. The kind of diet we were used to before is not that difficult to partially imitate today. Special emphasis on the word partially because we can't exactly duplicate the diet of earlier society. For example, the meat they ate back then came from wild animals grazing on grass. Now, meat comes from the supermarket and is often grain-fed. See the difference? No one is telling you to bring out your hunting gear and go to the forest to hunt wild deer just to get grass-fed, unprocessed meat. The modern diet we have come to embrace was developed through the agricultural era and later included a reduction in fats because these were seen as harmful. We adapted to the present conditions of our environment (which previously were different). On the other hand, proponents of the traditional diets say that farming and other agricultural practices (where grains come from) have introduced a new set of chronic diseases. They advocate a grain free, sugar free diet, with a moderate amount of protein, high fat and plenty of vegetables.

This article isn't intended to confuse you, its main purpose is to widen your food choices and make you aware of other possibilities besides the food pyramid. One article isn't sufficient enough to describe all the different concepts and recipes in these simplified diets. In its simplest and easiest to understand form, these diets are like an inverted food pyramid. The healthy fats and proteins are located at the base of the pyramid. Grains are noticeably absent.

Which route you choose will ultimately depend on you, we recommend researching this thoroughly before taking someone else’s word for it – after all it’s your health we’re talking about! You have three choices, the three P's: Pyramid, Paleolithic, or Plate? What plate? Oh, are you not aware that the US Department of Agriculture had replaced the food pyramid with a food plate... Don't worry, it’s only the shape that’s changed the contents remain the same. What's crucial is that you listen to your body. Take a look at your lifestyle and adjust accordingly to whichever diet will feel natural to you. Choose a diet that you can live with. In the end, the only thing that will undoubtedly matter is your physical and mental well-being.