Confusion about What to Eat: Too Many Food Pyramids and Dietary Theories

by Melanie Albert, Nutrition expert & author, Founder & CEO, Experience Nutrition

Today, there are so many different food pyramids and 100’s of different dietary theories; no wonder people are confused about what to eat.

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Some Food Pyramids available include:

• USDA My PlateTM
• Harvard School of Public Health
• Andrew Weil, MD Anti-inflammatory
• Mediterranean Oldways
• Michio Kushi Macrobiotic
• Atkins
• Okinawa
• Vegan
• Paleo
• South Beach
•  Zone
• DASH
• Biggest Loser
• American Heart Association
• American Diabetes Association
• Dr. Furham’s Nutritarian

100s’ of Dietary Theories

In addition to confusion with so many different food pyramids, 100’s of dietary theories are in the media. A few of the current dietary theories include:

• 3-Season
• 5 Element
• Abs Diet
• Anti-Aging
• Atkins
• Ayurveda
• Blood Type
• Body Ecology
• Calorie Restriction
• Curves
• DASH
• Dorm Room Diet
• Dr. Phil’s Diet
• Dukan
• Eat More Weigh Less by Dr. Dean Ornish
• Engine 2
• Fat Flush
• French Women Don’t Get Fat
• Gluten-Free
• Glycemic Index
• High-Carbohydrate
• High-Protein
• Jenny Craig
• LA Weight Loss
• Low-Carb
• Low-Fat
• Low-Protein
• Macrobiotics
• Maker’s Diet
• Master Cleanse
• Mayo Clinic
• Mediterranean
• Metabolic Typing
• Okinawa
• Perricone Prescription
• Plant-Based
• Pritikin
• Raw Food
• Sonomaa
• South Beach
• Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Vegan
• Vegetarian
• Volumetrics
• Wheat Belly
• Zone Diet