Pinggang Pinoy
Pinggang Pinoy is a new, easy to understand food guide that
uses a familiar food plate model to convey the right food group proportions on
a per-meal basis, to meet the body’s energy and nutrient needs of Filipino
adults. Pinggang Pinoy serves as visual tool to help Filipinos adopt healthy
eating habits at meal times by delivering effective dietary and healthy lifestyle messages.
Does Pinggang Pinoy will replace the FNRI Daily Nutritional
Guide (DNG) Pyramid?
The “Pinggang Pinoy” can be used side by side with the
existing DNG Pyramid for Filipinos but it will not replace it. According to
FNRI, Pinggang Pinoy is a quick and easy guide on how much to eat per mealtime,
while the DNG Pyramid shows at a glance the whole day food intake
recommendation.
Both the “Pinggang Pinoy” and the DNG Pyramid for Filipinos
are based on the latest science about how our food, drink, and activity choices
affect our health.
The DNG Pyramid is a simple, trustworthy guide in choosing a
healthy diet. It builds from the base, showing that we should eat more foods
from the bottom part of the pyramid like vegetables, whole grains and less from
the top such as red meat, sugar, fats and oils. When it’s time to eat, most of
us use a plate. So it is just appropriate to use the “Pinggang Pinoy” as a
guide for a typical balanced meal.
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