June marks the first anniversary of MyPlate which replaced the Food Guide Pyramid last year in an effort for the government to simplify how to tell people to eat or at least provide an icon that supports the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. The guidelines divide 23 recommendations into four categories: 1) Balancing calories to manage weight 2) Food and food components to reduce 3) Food and nutrients to increase 4) Building healthy eating patterns (You can read all 23 guidelines at the end of this post) So, I guess you could say it's pretty hard to get all 23 recommendations in one little icon and there has been a lot of criticism about MyPlate but overall I think it's been good. I know from experience at my job where I do a lot of educating people with chronic illnesses that we need to keep things as simple as possible and with the people that I see at work, even the smallest change can make a big difference. If you really look at MyPlate, how many people ac...