First of all, Do drink milk, but don’t drink it pasturized and homonized. It’s THESE processing that are causing all that lactose intolerance and milk allergies in the US.

Second of all, GO EASY ON THE WHOLE GRAINS! Urrrgh. Cereals, even whole grain ones, wreck havoc on your insulin. Humans arn’t designed to eat grains. Cows got sick from it, and so can you.

They say you can get magnesium and fiber from whole grains? Beans contain magnesium. Fruits and veggies contain soluable and insoluable fiber, even more than grains. Go figure. Plus, you get natural vitamins, not these artificial vitamin-fortified junk found on these so-called TOTAL Raison brand. Plus, I would like to see some exotic foods in there, cause they may contain even more nutrient content…at least the reserches are telling us.

Where’s water!? I’m thirsty! Unless they WET the food pyramid, we, americans don’t know how much of a minimum amount of water we need to take daily. Didn’t you know that you can’t survive more than a few days without water? C’mon. Common sense fokes. A GALLON OF WATER A DAY!!!

And they say Canola, Soybean, and polyunsaturated oils are recommended there. FOKES! DON’T TAKE CANOLA OIL! That’s trans toxic and ain’t good for your health. Take olive or coconut oil instead.

And they say, avoid red meat. Well, red meat don’t cause cancer. It’s the WAY we are raising red meat, and it’s the stuff they are putting sausage. So, the best meats? Eat fish, and grass-fed free-ranged bison or buffalo. They won’t give you cancer and they are more nutrient-dense than chicken. Don’t cook it with these cheap, junk, trans-polyunsaturated oils or shortenings that you commonly see on supermarket shelves.

And as for fats and oils, olive and grapeseed oils are great for salads and a little sauting. Organic, grassfed butter should be used for spreading. If you want to cook, use fresh grass-fed organic lard or tallow or organic extra virgion coconut oil. Avoid canola, safflower, sunflower, corn, and soy oil. Best of all, avoid ANY soy products (That include tofu). They claim it’s good, but truly, it’s bad for you. Peroid. Responsible for birth problems, groth retardnent, and nutrient defiency. Firmeated soy sauce is the only exception. Vegan diets arn’t good for you either, so you are better off eating some meat. I know that I care for the well being animals, but we are simply not designed for vegan. The iron found in spinach just don’t absorb well in your body. If you want iron, eat some red meat.

And lastly, go organic as much as possible. Genetic engionerring for the reason of pest resistance as well as the pesticides causes many health problems and they pollute the air. No wander why we are seeing so much mercury in our fish and all these e-coli outbreaks from dirty conventional cows feed genetic altered feed, or best of all, genetic altered cows themselves.

There’s so much I have to say, but for now, just follow my guidelines as you are following the pyramid, and as always, go organic, spay and nuter your pets, and please, be responsible for our earth.

One can choose whether to believe the excerpt, or not; if one does believe it, there are clear ethnicity-related lactose-intolerance differences.

With respect to the minimum statistic cited, I wouldn’t consider approximately 1 in 5 to be “almost no one”, but for that particular ethnic group, it’s certainly a minority of less than 50%.

Milk allergy allegedly occurs in a much smaller percentage of the population, but I’m skeptical of everything these days, especially so-called authorities. Big money drives the research upon which all science seems to be based, and big money seems to be more highly centralized than ever before.

I’ve been reading quite a few blogs on this new pyramid, and a number of commentaries have espoused the Department of Health and Human Services as a more appropriate agency to publish a healthy eating guide for citizens than the USDA. On one level, I agree that it would seem better; on another level, wouldn’t it also be subject to similar types of special interest undermining?

My tin foil hat tells me there may even be a ploy to help out the dairy industry. Surely there are other foods high in protein and/or calcium that aren’t such a problem for a majority of the adult population to digest. This is, after all, supposed to be a “healthier” way to eat.

But it’s also important to remember the pyramids were designed by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture.