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MyPlate vs. Evolution

By Hank Campbell in Science 2.0
June 7, 2011
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Submitted by Hank on Tue, 06/07/2011 - 11:17
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The new food pyramid is no longer a pyramid, it is shaped more like a pie...but they don't want you to call it a pie, because that isn't very healthy, so they call it a plate.

And it is better than that crazy pyramid (see Obama Administration Replacing A Pyramid With A Pie To Combat Obesity)

but is it natural or the result of more consensus due to lobbying by big corporations in the various food segments?

Microbiologist Alex Berezow says it isn't.  In fact, it's in defiance of evolution.  

He may be right, since Pres. Obama is a keen believer in science and ate two chili dogs and a side of fries the day the new namby-pamby guidelines were announced:

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