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5. Seems healthier

Sat Apr 11, 2026, 07:10 PM

14 hrs ago

American's eat way too much carbs which leads to obesity. Though they should be promoting beans for protein, fiber, and to reduce costs.

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Following new USDA food pyramid would raise grocery bills by nearly one-third [View all] BumRushDaShow 15 hrs ago OP

Mine are already up that much TexLaProgressive 15 hrs ago #1

It's almost like there's no coherent thought here. underpants 15 hrs ago #2

who has more money, the bean lobby or the cow corpse lobby? nt msongs 15 hrs ago #4

Seems healthier manicdem 14 hrs ago #5

Reducing costs on anything slightlv 13 hrs ago #6

Not really. paleotn 12 hrs ago #14

I'd ignore any new fad food pyramid pushed at you. Aussie105 13 hrs ago #7

Eating is one of life's greatest pleasures.... anciano 13 hrs ago #8

The human palate still has that 'emergency' response. Aussie105 13 hrs ago #9

Where is coffee on the food pyramid? How about chocolate? FakeNoose 13 hrs ago #10

Love both coffee and chocolate.... anciano 12 hrs ago #13

The wannabe 'machos' keep wanting to pretend that we're carnivores. chowmama 12 hrs ago #11

Exactly! We evolved to eat an incredible variety of things. paleotn 12 hrs ago #15

Some food facts. Aussie105 12 hrs ago #12

Isn't Micky D's filet of fish on top? paleotn 11 hrs ago #16

I got talked into going vegan about ten years ago -- byronius 7 hrs ago #18

I second that emotion. Aussie105 6 hrs ago #20

My little foray into Google searching told me Aussie105 6 hrs ago #19