Guest guest Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 Hi Katie and all, The " New four food groups " referred to by Renee is from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. They made their own guidelines based on science rather than the economic/social/political considerations that created the not entirely science based US Food Pyramid. The PCRM 4 food groups include: vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains. Certainly, the US Dietary Guidelines (which the pyramid are based on) are improving, however, they still have industry influence. The good in the new pyramid: increased fruits and vegetables (9 a day for the average person) and to add whole grains. The industry influenced part of the pyramid that have quite a few people upset includes the increased dairy and fish/seafood requirements. I'm the Executive Director of the New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches. I just got back from a trip to northern New York with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of Eat to Live, and Disease Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right. We spoke at a regional PTA meeting to school board members, superintendents, principals, and PTA presidents. In addition, Dr. Fuhrman spoke at two schools and to a group of doctors at the local hospital. Dr. Fuhrman tells his audiences that there are 4 groups of foods that provide superior protection from diet-related diseases: vegetables (especially greens and cruciferous), fruits, legumes (beans and lentils), and raw nuts and seeds. Whole grains are not damaging, but don't provide the protection that the others do. He states that saturated fats are cancer promoters (of course, saturated fats are found primarily in foods of animal origin, and cheese has a huge amount), white flour and white sugar are cancer promoters, and to avoid cancer and heart disease, we need to eat tons of the foods from the four categories that prevent diet-related disease: vegetables, fruites, legumes, and raw nuts and seeds, and we need to avoid animal foods and processed foods. He also found that 90% of the calories in the average American child's diet comes from white flour, white sugar, oil and diary products. According to USDA data, Dr. Fuhrman found that 51% of calories in the US comes from refined and processed foods, 42% from animal foods, 2% from white potato products (including French fries and potato chips), and an embarrasing 5% from whole plant foods. The foods in the four groups that Dr. Fuhrman promotes are full of phyto-chemicals, or phyto-nutrients. Just a little clarification on the four food groups, and some additonal information from the New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches and Dr. Fuhrman. Take care, Amie wrote: >There are 5 messages in this issue. > >Topics in this digest: > > 1. Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > Katie Mangan <kmangan33 > 2. Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > Renee Carroll <renecarol25 > 3. Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > " Dick Ford " <dickford > 4. Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > Renee Carroll <renecarol25 > 5. RE: 'old' four food groups assignment > " Jacq " <jacqcote > > >______________________ >______________________ > >Message: 1 > Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:18:30 -0800 (PST) > Katie Mangan <kmangan33 >Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > >The basic four food groups is ancient history in the nutrition world (I'm a registered dietetic technician and a member of the American DIetetic Association since 1997.) I can't believe anyone is still teaching it. The beauty of the newer pyramid is that it acknowledges alternate protein sources and alternate calcium sources as well.. > > Here's a link that might be helpful > http://mypyramid.gov/downloads/MiniPoster.pdf > > > > >Katie >http://frugalveggiemama.blogspot.com > > > > >Brings words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with Mail. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2006 Report Share Posted March 24, 2006 What kind of Nutrition requirements does the New York School System have in place? I can't really imagine a school system (run by the gov't) having food I would remotely want my daughter eating on a daily basis. Though the school in Atlanta that has a solely vegetarian lunch line does sound great. I think elementary schools are less likely to have good, healthy meals - and the elementary schools even in the Atlanta school system probably have similar crappy menus to the rest of the country. I haven't looked into that - so someone please correct me if I'm wrong. I pack my child's meals and snacks. Renee Amie Hamlin <amieha wrote: Hi Katie and all, The " New four food groups " referred to by Renee is from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. They made their own guidelines based on science rather than the economic/social/political considerations that created the not entirely science based US Food Pyramid. The PCRM 4 food groups include: vegetables, fruits, legumes, and whole grains. Certainly, the US Dietary Guidelines (which the pyramid are based on) are improving, however, they still have industry influence. The good in the new pyramid: increased fruits and vegetables (9 a day for the average person) and to add whole grains. The industry influenced part of the pyramid that have quite a few people upset includes the increased dairy and fish/seafood requirements. I'm the Executive Director of the New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches. I just got back from a trip to northern New York with Dr. Joel Fuhrman, author of Eat to Live, and Disease Proof Your Child: Feeding Kids Right. We spoke at a regional PTA meeting to school board members, superintendents, principals, and PTA presidents. In addition, Dr. Fuhrman spoke at two schools and to a group of doctors at the local hospital. Dr. Fuhrman tells his audiences that there are 4 groups of foods that provide superior protection from diet-related diseases: vegetables (especially greens and cruciferous), fruits, legumes (beans and lentils), and raw nuts and seeds. Whole grains are not damaging, but don't provide the protection that the others do. He states that saturated fats are cancer promoters (of course, saturated fats are found primarily in foods of animal origin, and cheese has a huge amount), white flour and white sugar are cancer promoters, and to avoid cancer and heart disease, we need to eat tons of the foods from the four categories that prevent diet-related disease: vegetables, fruites, legumes, and raw nuts and seeds, and we need to avoid animal foods and processed foods. He also found that 90% of the calories in the average American child's diet comes from white flour, white sugar, oil and diary products. According to USDA data, Dr. Fuhrman found that 51% of calories in the US comes from refined and processed foods, 42% from animal foods, 2% from white potato products (including French fries and potato chips), and an embarrasing 5% from whole plant foods. The foods in the four groups that Dr. Fuhrman promotes are full of phyto-chemicals, or phyto-nutrients. Just a little clarification on the four food groups, and some additonal information from the New York Coalition for Healthy School Lunches and Dr. Fuhrman. Take care, Amie wrote: >There are 5 messages in this issue. > >Topics in this digest: > > 1. Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > Katie Mangan <kmangan33 > 2. Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > Renee Carroll <renecarol25 > 3. Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > " Dick Ford " <dickford > 4. Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > Renee Carroll <renecarol25 > 5. RE: 'old' four food groups assignment > " Jacq " <jacqcote > > >______________________ >______________________ > >Message: 1 > Tue, 21 Mar 2006 04:18:30 -0800 (PST) > Katie Mangan <kmangan33 >Re: 'old' four food groups assignment > >The basic four food groups is ancient history in the nutrition world (I'm a registered dietetic technician and a member of the American DIetetic Association since 1997.) I can't believe anyone is still teaching it. The beauty of the newer pyramid is that it acknowledges alternate protein sources and alternate calcium sources as well.. > > Here's a link that might be helpful > http://mypyramid.gov/downloads/MiniPoster.pdf > > > > >Katie >http://frugalveggiemama.blogspot.com > > > > >Brings words and photos together (easily) with > PhotoMail - it's free and works with Mail. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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