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Good question never asked in the past by a committee of those with biases and agendas:

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Thus, the committee found itself in the shameful position of explicitly recommending that up to 50% of our daily grain intake be in the form of enriched refined grains, despite overwhelming evidence that refined carbohydrates are exceedingly unhealthy. The rationale for this absurd position is that without these fortified processed foods the “healthy” dietary patterns put forth in the guidelines would be lacking in key essential nutrients that are difficult to obtain from plant foods, yet easy to obtain from animal foods, such as B vitamins. How did human beings obtain essential nutrients prior to the invention of processed foods? This is the kind of common-sense question not being asked as part of the current process.

The product of these biases became a responsive food industry all the more willing to create and manufacture products to satisfy the recommendations. Yeah, we can make those things that conform to the Food Pyramid and MyPlate. It became the "perfect storm" of fake food. And more recently, they're even attempting to manufacture fake meat . . .