<span class="caps">PCRM</span>’s Plate Is Better Than <span class="caps">USDA</span>’s

The US Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture has replaced its Food Pyra­mid with a plate and cup graph­ic, which is far bet­ter at con­vey­ing what they think peo­ple should eat. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, USDA is still encour­ag­ing peo­ple to eat meat and dairy prod­ucts, which con­tribute to the risk of heart dis­ease, can­cer, etc.

The Physi­cians Com­mit­tee For Respon­si­ble Med­i­cine has a much bet­ter idea: a plate graph­ic that shows a tru­ly healthy diet. They call it The Pow­er Plate. It encour­ages peo­ple to eat a pure­ly plant-based diet—the sort of diet that has been shown to be opti­mal for human health.