Replace grain and fruit with protein and replace dairy with water, then we will talk about the government finally placing up a proper food scheme (because the last two were equally atrocious!). Here it is for you:
Fruits. The fact is most people wouldn't be eating fruits if we didn't have trucks, airplanes, and refrigerators. Eating fruits as a staple of a meal is a very new thing (like literally decades). Before the 60s or 70s you ate fruit int he summer and only the fruits that grew around you. There is a reason for that too. You need carbs, sure, but you don't need them on a daily basis and you surely don't need all that fructose on a daily basis! So in the summer (when fruits grow naturally) you eat them and then you have carbs for the rest of the year.
Sidenote on the fruit. I find it hilarious that the government is mounting a full-scale war on fructose, but is saying people need to eat 1/4 of their meal in fruit. Fruit is essentially fructose with some vitamins and a little fiber for spice!
Grain. Grains are not your friend, no matter what people say. We are not meant to eat them, we are meant to eat greens and meats and that's it. Everything our body needs in life comes from two sources, greens (vegetables) and meats. Grains are not needed and really only damage you. They provide a quick carb fix and leave you tired and clouded two hours later. Splurge once in a while if you must, but leave grains aside on your normal day to day eating.
Dairy. Maybe I am biased because I am allergic to dairy (not lactose, mind you, dairy in general). However, dairy is meant for baby cows/goats and not for adult humans! There is a reason human babies stop breastfeeding, it's because our bodies don't need that super-drink after a while. Around one or two our bodies become adapted to a solely solid food diet. This means that our bodies can now extract every thing it needs for living from solid foods and no longer needs the milk. Besides this, dairy is an excuse for drinking water.
Water is the
only drink we need to survive. Water is SO important that I am really surprised the government didn't put it on there. I mean, I realize the government is full of idiots with only half a brain, but seriously! Now you may say "but I'm craving a milk/soda/juice", ok good for you, doesn't mean it's natural. Most of the time our bodies crave stuff that isn't natural at all (chocolate/candy)! If you don't believe me, I challenge you to drink water (and water ONLY) for an entire month. Drink enough so that your pee is never colored (except when you wake up or take vitamins). After a month's time I guarantee you will not want that milk/soda/juice anymore and when you are thirsty you will reach for the bottle of water rather than the Dr. Pepper.
I am truly surprised at how small a portion they devoted to protein. Do they realize that an adult human needs a MINIMUM of 1g of protein for ever pound of body weight just to maintain muscle mass? Do they also realize that to metabolize enough protein for our bodies to
properly maintain our muscle mass that we also need 1.5 times more fat than protein in our diet? And with this as a bare minimum requirement for our bodies it means there is no way we can eat that many carbs, unless we drastically increase our Caloric intake so that it keeps fats at less than 20% of our daily intake (because with anything more than 20% our bodies will convert to burning fat and the carbs will be stored away, and anyone who isn't brainwashed by the pop culture diet fads knows that when carbs are "stored away" it translates into increasing the tire around your gut!)
