Deconstructing the food pyramid. From: The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) (viaKnight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) | Date: May 6, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 The Orange County Register. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Lisa Liddane

The food pyramid just got an extreme makeover. The food groups are still part of it, but they now are represented by specific colors and upright triangular bands instead of horizontal bars.

It's too soon to tell whether the pyramid is an improvement over the last one or whether people will find it helpful. To best use the pyramid, first take 10 minutes a day to understand one part of it, advised Gail Frank, Los Alamitos-based spokeswoman f...

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