Explore the USDA Food Pyramid

The USDA Food Pyramidsuggests that we eat more green vegetables, more orange vegetables, and more dry beans and peas. For fruits we are to eat fresh, frozen or dried fruit and less juice. Fruits and vegetables are important for their vitamin and mineral content along with fiber and healthy phytochemicals.

The Harvard Healthy Eating Pyramid

The Healthy Eating Pyramid suggests two to four servings of fruits and even more servings of vegetables. The middle part of this pyramid also features nuts and legumes.

The Michigan Healing Foods Pyramid

The middle of the Healing Foods Pyramid include legumes, seasonings, and healthy fats. Legumes are known for healing fibers and lignans, several seasonings have healing properties, and healthy unsaturated and omega-3 fatty acids are needed for healthy nerves, hearts, and can be anti-inflammatory agents.

It is hard to argue with the importance of fruits and vegetables so it makes sense that they hold an important place in all the Food Pyramids.

Next: The next step of the Food Pyramid.