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Food pyramids were basically made up by farmers, they're not scientific or medical, so yeah they did whatever.
The idea of a food pyramid in itself as a form of simple and accessible public information on nutrition is not a bad one but the quality of the execution depends on whether it is made by nutritionists or by lobbyists
Food pyramid made by Berlin era David Bowie:
It's just capsicum (bell peppers), milk, cocaine and cigarettes (this is somehow four times healthier than the average American's diet)
Of course it is healthier, there's a vegetable in it