The USDA Food Pyramid Should Be Called The Deadly Diabetes Diet

Do you know that diabetes is now a pandemic problem in

America? It used to just be an epidemic, but now during the

last 40 years diabetes has gotten much worse than it ever

was. An epidemic is when a disease has taken over a city or

a specific area. A pandemic is when there is an epidemic of

epidemics. In other words, an onset of diabetes has

infiltrated every American community.

Both new and old science has been stating that Type 2

diabetes is curable for years now. But, apparently most

people think that means taking medications for the rest of

their lives. Meanwhile, diabetes just keeps spreading. It

is not a transmittable disease. However, anyone and

everyone can get it if they want to. All they have to do is

take on America's favorite Diabetes Diet.

You have heard of the South Beach diet, the Mediterranean

diet. Well, now there is The American Diabetes Diet.

That's right, a proven, time-tested diet that guarantees

you will get diabetes too.

I am here to tell you this proclaimed Diabetes Diet

isn't so special after all. In fact, I hate to be the

whistle blower but it is exactly the same as The Heart

Disease Diet and The American Cancer Diet too.

I don't expect to stifle any book sales here because

there aren't any. But, in spite of this, The Diabetes

Diet has barnstormed American dinner tables

and eating habits.

It seems everyone is doing it these days and the climbing

diabetes rates prove it.

The only published literature I found that might be able to

take some credit for this killer fad is this thing called

The Food Pyramid. To my shock, it was not published by

anyone in particular; the US Government published it.

The US Department of Agriculture seems to be responsible

for establishing the Standard American Diet (SAD). This is

very "sad" indeed because most people actually expect

the government to know what they are talking about. I

believe this assumption has led us head first into our

current pandemic situation.

With further research it didn't take long to discover

that this so called USDA Food Pyramid, which is the premise

of the infamous Diabetes Diet, is not based on real science

at all. In fact, it looks to me as it is a purely

economically driven dietary model and has nothing to do

with promoting health and preventing diseases.

Taking a closer look . . . let's start at the top of the

pyramid.

The USDA Food Pyramid is suggesting we eat less of the

foods at the top and more of the foods at the bottom,

representing the base or foundation of the diet. At the top

we find fats, oils and sweets. First of all I wouldn't

even place "sweets" in here as a food. Rather than

suggesting eating sweets sparingly, I would have simply

omitted them altogether as a non-food, non-nutrient.

Further, I have found ample evidence that many plant based

oils and fats are "essential" to a balanced healthy

metabolism, i.e., flax, hemp, grape seed, sesame, olive,

and coconut.

In fact, a healthy heart is a muscle that is ideally

surrounded by healthy fats that it uses for fuel. Truth is

fat is the primary fuel used for energy throughout the

body, whereas carbohydrates are secondary.

Clearly the government's model fails to identify the

difference between

healthy plant fats from unhealthy animal fats.

That is a big oversight and we are only at the apex of the

food pyramid.

Going down to the next level we see a recommendation of 2-3

servings of dairy products. At this same level just below

the apex it suggests 2-3 servings of meat, poultry, fish

and eggs, dried beans and the nut group of foods. The

problem with this is dairy is loaded with casein, an animal

protein that has been proven to trigger diseases like

diabetes. The same has been verified for all animal protein

as well.

The same anti-diabetogenic diet that prevents diabetes can

also cure it. So seeing how we are dealing with a diabetic

pandemic here, I would place these animal protein

recommendations up into the apex with bad fats and sweets.

I am not sure why the beans are recommended as dried, but I

would emphasize the importance of "sprouting" dried

beans to reduce phytic acids. Phytic acid blocks minerals

from being absorbed in your body. Plus, sprouting your

beans generates a nutritional jackpot of minerals and

vitamins. As far as nuts go, I would list the best nuts by

nutritional levels and healthiest good fat content, cashews

being the least nutritious of all.

Below this level I see 3-5 servings of the vegetable group

and 1-4 servings of the fruit group at the same level.

Below that, at the very base of The Food Pyramid, we see it

recommends 6-11 servings of bread, cereal, and the rice and

pasta group.

Based on all the comprehensive reports that leading doctors

and scientists have compiled and the evidence their

conclusions suggest, I would switch these two levels

around.

A diet of raw vegetables and fruits has been proven to

normalize blood sugar levels for diabetic Type 2 and Type 1

in as little as 4 days. Thus, I would make fruits and

vegetables the basic foundation of my own health and

wellness pyramid. Personally, that is exactly what I

have done to reverse my pre-diabetes.

This would move the grain section above the fruit and

vegetables (Remember, the "higher up" the pyramid

"the less" it is recommended.) I would also emphasize

the importance of eating unrefined whole grain breads,

pastas and rice. Even better, if you really want to make

the best of a diet, choose to eat only sprouted breads and

sprouted grain cereals.

One more thing I would throw into the apex "to be eaten

sparingly," is all refined white sugar, salt and flours.

This would give it a tiny white cap at the top.