My west coast brother informed me, earlier this afternoon, that today is "National Grain Free Day." Unfortunately, or maybe luckily, depending on how I look at it, I didn't read his text until after my spouse and I returned from a trip to our favorite Amish bakery where we had stocked up on our favorite breads and cookies. (I'll admit it, the molasses cookies are my downfall, not my spouses, but I do limit myself to one a day.)
Thinking about a grain free day, even though I'm not observing it, led me to wonder where grain falls on the newly designed food pyramid. here's what I found out. "The 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines for Americans released in January 2026 feature a new 'inverted' food pyramid, prioritizing high-quality proteins, healthy fats and produce at the top, while placing whole grains at the (pointy little) base."
Luckily my spouse and I do have access to high quality proteins thanks to generous family gifts from the Omaha Steak Company. Also, if you were to look in our refrigerator right now you would find an ample supply of apples, oranges and grapes so that covers produce. Also celery, but nobody counts celery. I'm pretty sure that the real butter that I slather on my Cinnamon Swirl toast counts as a healthy fat, at least today. Butter like coffee is one of those foods that gets flipped from the 'good for you' list to the 'bad for you' list with some regularity.
I don't really have any argument with the new food pyramid except for where it places grain. Let's face it people need bread. What are you going to spread your peanut butter and jelly on? What will hold your ham salad sandwich? What will accompany your bacon and eggs if not some form of bread? I'm ok with grain at the bottom but I think the pyramid needs to be replaced with a semi-circle or U shape.
"The Good Food U for You" sounds catchy to me. Maybe I should write a letter to someone.
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