The new food pyramid, however, places vegetables, proteins, dairy and healthy fats like olive oil at the top, suggesting they should hold equal importance. Fruits and nuts are slightly lower on the pyramid, and whole grains are at the very bottom.

The federal government has released new dietary guidelines, introducing an emphasis on consuming meat and dairy and avoiding highly processed foods.

In my recent critique of the new USDA dietary guidelines, I wrote that we’ll never see a real food version of MyPlate as long as the food industry holds sway over the guidelines and USDA continues to promote industrial foods. While this is true, there ...

Five major media companies will be using the MyPlate icon on healthy recipes It will take the %22guesswork%22 out of finding healthy recipes%2C the first lady says A ...

This is my fifth column in a row writing about food, groceries and the USDA’s MyPlate guidelines. If you’re sick of reading about MyPlate, think about my poor husband who’s taken to nodding his head and mumbling “Is that so?” whenever I bring it up.

Forget about the food pyramid, the government's standard for healthful eating for two decades. The Obama administration replaced it Thursday with a new icon - a plate half filled with fruits and vegetables, the other half with grains and protein, with a ...