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Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US by lettergram on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:44AM (#34356375)
Wait until you find out why bread and starch is at the bottom of the food pyramid… which is still, to this day, being taught in schools.
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Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US by gen3 on Thursday January 12, 2023 @11:47AM (#34356426)
It isn't still being taught, it changed to the MyPlate model because the food pyramid was deemed misleading: https://www.myplate.gov/
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Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US by fknorangesite on Thursday January 12, 2023 @12:46PM (#34357551)
> bread and starch is at the bottom of the food pyramid

This hasn't been true for 18 years.

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Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US by mcculley on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:01PM (#34357781)
This is a great example of a mesofact. It is one of those things where experience actually works against a better understanding of the world.
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Re:Eggs are 60% more expensive than last year in the US by fknorangesite on Thursday January 12, 2023 @02:20PM (#34358944)
Yeah. The "food pyramid with grains on the bottom" version was around for 13 years - shorter than it's now been gone.
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