Marc also sent along Scientific American’s look at the USDA’s Food Pyramid. The article goes into depth on each section of the pyramid, describing simplifications and fallacies. In creating a tool that is easy to use, the pyramid creators left much unsaid about real nutrition and unwittingly created corollaries like “starch is good” and “all fats are bad.” Potato, mostly starch, is listed as a vegetable. Dairy products like milk are over-emphasized. The article’s authors have created an enhanced pyramid which distinguishes between whole grains and processed starches, and different types of oil.