Farewell, food pyramid — USDA is now serving up nutritional advice on My Plate

Say goodbye food pyramid and hello to my plate. In case you thought the food pyramid was too confusing the federal government scrapped that whole plan. Now it's going to be the plate divided into four sections with fruits and veggies on one side and proteins and grains on the other. To the right of the plate will be for dairy, i.e. milk or yogurt.

Every time I see something like this I can't help but laugh. For one, the food pyramid isn't confusing for me. It's pretty clear about what foods to eat and how much before you run into any problems. There's a good chance that "Big Brother" wants faster results from the food pyramid and figure with the new my plate that it will come to pass. Will it make us eat our broccoli even it's not our order at some Chinese take-out? There's nothing wrong with a bowl of ice cream now and then. Hey, it is a dairy product...right? Is there a way to keep the food pyramid and add the my plate. We all different body types and diets without even bringing your metabolism into the mix. Exercise has to be put into the equation too. Oh well, I guess the jury is still out on my plate. I hope it works.

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