Eating healthy can be fun! The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has a new way to help people make good choices about what they eat. It is a diagram called My Plate that is a visual representation of healthy food portions. This circular plate is divided into four sections. One section, about one fourth of the plate and colored orange, is for grains.
The grains group includes food made from barley, cornmeal, rice, wheat, or other cereal grains. Some other grains that might not sound so familiar are amaranth, buckwheat, and millet. Grains are divided into two subgroups. Whole grains make up one subgroup, and refined grains make up the other.