Don’t blame the food pyramid! No one follows it.

The American Dietetic Association says, “The average American dietary style at the beginning of the 21st century resembles an hour glass rather than the federal government’s Food Guide Pyramid. . . We gobble huge amounts of added fats and sugars from the top tier of the Pyramid … and heaping plates of pasta and other refined grains from the bottom tier, but we are sorely lacking in the vegetables, fruits, low-fat milk products and other nutritious foods in the middle of the Pyramid.”

So fiddling with the carbohydrates in the pyramid won’t make much difference.