1 Whatever its shortcomings, the food pyramid has been retired.

2 Plants are the basis of the food pyramid for all living things even for other plants.

3 Chances are itwouldn't look like the food pyramid, the official government guidelinesreleased by the usda in 1992.

4 The guidelines, meant to be akin to the "Food Pyramid" nutritional advice, are based on studies that show clear health benefits from regular, moderate exercise.

5 The food pyramid can help you in the quest to understand and improve your eating habits.

6 Indeed, the food pyramid is due for anoverhaul in 2003--although no one is yet willing to give any details.

7 MyPlate replacesthe U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food Pyramid, which was unveiled in 1992but had become too complicated in ensuing years, many nutritionists contended.

8 The food pyramid directs you to eat 4-6 servings of fruit each day.

9 For example, the food pyramid developed by the USDA assumes that all Americans are the same and have the same dietary needs.

10 I think it would be too hard for my them to prepare a separate meal for me every single day in a country that pretty much bases its food pyramid on rice, fish and beef.

11 But it wasn't until the USDA released the iconic 1992 food pyramid that the government finally found a shorthand that stuck.

12 Do you like the updated, radically different shape of the food pyramid?

13 After years of criticism from nutritionists, the USDA may update its five-year-old food pyramid.

14 Downside: Long-term adherence. It's hard to stick to a diet that restricts such a big chunk of the food pyramid.

15 HIGH INTAKE OF FRUITS and vegetables is perhaps the least controversial aspect of the food pyramid.

16 It's hard to stick to a diet that restricts such a big chunk of the food pyramid.

17 Photo: Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns unveils the MyPyramid symbol, a new interactive food guidance system that replaced the old food pyramid.

18 The Department of Agriculture will soon release a new food pyramid, condensing its dietary guidelines.

19 We were interested to read over the weekend in the Washington Postthat the demise of the Department of Agriculture's food pyramid – the government's visual guide to healthful eating — might be nigh.

20 So the vampires wanted to remain the hidden, unrevealed minority, on the top of the food pyramid and all that.