If you can picture
the traditional food pyramid, the Paleo food pyramid has the base consisting of vegetables.
Perhaps that
the traditional food pyramid — which tells us to eat lots of bread and rice — is misguided.
Have you ever looked at
the traditional food pyramid and thought, «Ugh, there's no way I can eat that many fruits and veggies?»
In the book he knocks down
the traditional food pyramid, replacing it instead with «The Food Funnel» - with the wide end making up 50 per cent of daily food intake and including vegetables, legumes and sprouts.
Of all the food groups, carbohydrate is the cheapest and most abundant and this probably why most mainstream nutritional approaches such as
the traditional food pyramid are built around carbs.
The Keto Food Pyramid for Ketogenic Diets tips
the traditional food pyramid on its head.
The traditional Food Pyramid, does not include herbs and spices.
This is considered general knowledge now in the fitness / health industry, but because of
the traditional food pyramid and all of the «low fat» products available, most people still think that low fat is the way to go.
When compared to
the traditional food pyramid, the paleo diet's version of the food pyramid is much simpler and it makes better sense too.
If you're still using
the traditional food pyramid as a guide to eating, then the foundation of your diet is grains.