Eating Well

Harvard Healthy Eating Pyramid

The Harvard Healthy Eating Pyramid emphasizes plant-based eating for staying healthy and to maintain a healthy weight. They stress the importance of eating more from the bottom of the pyramid with foods such as vegetables, whole-grains, seeds and nuts. Fats should be healthy fats coming mostly from plant products like olive, canola, and peanuts.

© 2008. For more information about The Healthy Eating Pyramid, please see The Nutrition Source, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, http://www.thenutritionsource.org, and Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, by Walter C. Willett, M.D. and Patrick J. Skerrett (2005), Free Press/Simon & Schuster Inc.