If you grew up in the '90s, you remember the Food Pyramid. It's now outdated, but why hasn't the USDA provided better health ...

On Jan. 12, 2023, Good Ranchers published an article entitled, "New Government Funded 'Food Pyramid' Says Lucky Charms Are Healthier Than Steak." The article included a bar chart that showed Lucky ...

It turns out that the food pyramid is wrong and was never based on a healthy diet. Instead, it was influenced by lobbyists who only had their bottom line in mind.

Replacing the food pyramid In 2011, the food pyramid was replaced with something a little more well-rounded: A plate. Known as MyPlate , the new guidance features a plate segmented into four parts ...

The food pyramid was created to show people how to eat a “balanced” diet. At the bottom, it recommended eating 6 to 11 servings of grains each day – like bread, pasta, rice and cereal.

The food pyramid would decide where Americans’ money for food would go, so lobbyists put pressure on the U.S. Department of Agriculture and adjustments were made accordingly.

When moving from the food pyramid, the USDA made fruits and vegetables half of the new MyPlate guide which represents the amounts of the four food groups each meal should contain.

But it isn’t a food pyramid endorsed by the federal government. There isn’t a government food pyramid showing Lucky Charms are healthier than steak, as Joe Rogan claimed on Instagram.