Building a personalized food pyramid

Pt. 5 of 10 | 1:36 |

Tracking Diet and Fitness for Health

Friday November 19, 2010

We show you how you can use the

Menu Planner

offered on MyPyramid to

track your diet

and

get dietary recommendations

. This is a free online service offered by the

US Department of Agriculture

and is quite handy for

monitoring your diet

and

changing your dietary plans

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Show Notes

- MyPyramid is provided free online by the US Department of Agriculture.

- MyPyramid allows you to enter in what you eat and see where it lies on the food pyramid.

- This can be used to get an example of your diet or to plan for a specific diet that you want to follow.

- You can select Menu Planner from the MyPyramid main page to create an account and get personalized feedback.

- Once you have an account, you can enter food that you've eaten, including during what meal the food was eaten, and see your diet broken down in detail.

- You will see your recommended daily intake of calories and get dietary recommendations.

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