What was the food pyramid, why was it discontinued and why did it suggest so many servings of grain?

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I remember in high school FACS class having to track my diet and try to keep in line with the food pyramid. Maybe I was measuring servings wrong but I had to constantly eat sandwiches, bread and pasta to keep up with the amount of bread/grain needed. What was the rationale for this?

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The food pyramid is still a thibg here where I live, in denmark. Its just the official reqomended diarary from the official health departement- based on science and not lobby groups (lobbying is a thing here… but nowhere as bad as in the us). Health and Food Scientists would have a field day if politicians and administration started to revers recomendations bases on lobbyist, and the medea would jump on it instantly. Thank good for our media laws, they get tax cuts or other public help only if they follow the journalist unions and media ethics… And a few have been exposed to not follow it and subseculetly lost the monetary support and had to close.

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