How The Food Pyramid Scammed Us All

Today, Josh and Nicole breakdown the food pyramid, MyPlate, MyPyramid, all the ways we're told to eat a balanced diet – and get down to whether there's any merit, or if it's just a scam. Leave us a voicemail at (833) DOG-POD1 Check out all the episodes of A Hot Dog Is A Sandwich: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oIGE0YPFlWbxfk332rLzoCy Want more Mythical Kitchen? Check out these playlists: Last Meals - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oLPu4rowq_WOqg6nJ_oToRN Food Battles - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oKvNweUd0NzXBTUgmVDXbTe Meals of History - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW8XZTagL0oJzDtzkhoE_KeH_macdrpHJ Check out our podcast, A Hot Dog Is A Sandwich! Apple Podcasts: https://mythic.al/ahdias Spotify: https://mythic.al/hotdog CHAPTERS 0:00 Aliens Made The Food Pyramids 0:52 Debunking The Food Pyramid 2:40 How Do You Measure A Serving? 6:03 Our Childhood Food Pyramid 8:03 Every Era Has Dietary Fads 10:57 The History Behind The Food Pyramid 13:02 Are We Gonna Have Cheese Hands? 16:24 Pyramid Politics 18:25 Remembering "My Pyramid" 22:20 McDonald's Step Counters 23:25 Remembering "My Plate" 24:40 The US Dairy Lobby 26:32 Attempting Our Own Food Pyramid 34:35 Opinions Are Like Casseroles 35:04 Sneaking Veggies For Kids 39:42 White Sweet Potato With Chocolate Chips 41:30 Bone Marrow Is Overrated 43:26 Protein Powder Recs Pick up official Mythical Kitchen merch at https://mythical.com/collections/mythical-kitchen Check out Sporked, Mythical's new website dedicated to helping you find the best food on the shelves! - http://www.sporked.com Submit your Dreams Become Food photos here: https://forms.gle/cBopySaTXdzG7RFr5 Join the Mythical Society: https://www.mythicalsociety.com Follow Mythical Kitchen: Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalkitchen Facebook: https://facebook.com/mythicalkitchen Mythical Chef Josh's Instagram: https://instagram.com/mythicalchefjosh Check Out Our Other Mythical Channels: Good Mythical Morning: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmorning Rhett & Link: https://youtube.com/rhettandlink Ear Biscuits: https://applepodcasts.com/earbiscuits Good Mythical MORE: https://youtube.com/goodmythicalmore In the spirit of minimizing food waste associated with the filming of this series, Mythical is donating to the Hollywood Food Coalition who provide daily, nourishing meals to underserved communities in the Los Angeles area. Closed Captioning provided by Rev