Having a Balanced Diet
The Food Guide Pyramid is a great way to explain visually the types of foods that make up a good diet. It also shows how much of these foods you need to stay healthy. It was designed in a pyramid shape (instead of a cube, for example) to show the relationship of food groups to one another. The foods at the widest part should provide the majority of calories in your diet. As the pyramid becomes narrower, the contribution of each type of food gets smaller.
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The Food Guide Pyramid lists the number of servings that should be eaten from each part of the pyramid each day. Keep in mind that this is the suggested number of servings, based on what the majority of Americans need in the way of nutrients. If you are going through a growth spurt or play a lot of sports or are otherwise very physically active, you may need more servings from different parts of the pyramid. Also, the pyramid suggests a range of servings. Some people need numbers at the low end of the range while others need numbers at the high end.
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