New food pyramid

I WAS brought up with a food pyramid that has carbohydrates (rice, bread, cereal, noodles, pasta, etc) at the bottom, and fats, oils and sweets to be used sparingly at the very top. You know the one. To this day, you can see it on the backs of biscuit cans. But now I hear there is a new food pyramid. Tell me more about this.

Yes, there’s a new food pyramid, except that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) currently calls it a food “plate”. But first, let’s talk about the old food pyramid so we can understand the contrast between the old and new.