Also, MyPlate only used "grains" as a category, with a note to make half from whole grains...not just processed carbs. Big difference. And, vegetables are the biggest category.
Adding on to that, if you workout in ANY capacity, you need simple carbs.
Humans have relied on bread, pasta, rice, and tubers for most of their calories since time immemorial. Japanese people eat plenty of rice even today and they are very healthy.
"Food pyramid dumb, eat meat" is a very reductive take.
I never said eating rice was bad for you, but fruits, nuts, meats are also human staples. The big thing domesticated cereal brought us was rapid population growth and the state.
> It's better than the "Food Pyramid" and "MyPlate" which were the gov standards when I was growing up.
Correct. The root of the problem is that corporate interests influence government regulation. [1] That hasn't changed. What has changed is which industry is offering the largest bribes.
Those standards put processed carbs like bread/pasta as the largest part of a "healthy diet". Whoops.