this chart is from a peta front and therefore complete BS. it counts grain used to feed cows as 'meat and dairy'. it says as much on the page it is pulled from. actual subsidies for meat and dairy are tiny compared to the corn/soy/wheat trifecta.
plus the food pyramid is wrong because most people cannot healthfully consume that level of grains even at a high level of physical activity like being a day laborer. it is in fact derived uch more from 'gee, how can we get people to eat all this cheap subsidized grain' and not so much from actual health-related research.
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Date: 2010-03-12 06:22 am (UTC)plus the food pyramid is wrong because most people cannot healthfully consume that level of grains even at a high level of physical activity like being a day laborer. it is in fact derived uch more from 'gee, how can we get people to eat all this cheap subsidized grain' and not so much from actual health-related research.