My square meal has six sides.

I'm going to talk about nutrition and information visualization for a while. Nutrition is something I haven't ever really understood very well. For most of my life, I've been sort of reactive about my eating habits, adjusting my diet based on whether I felt I needed to lose weight or gain energy, etc. It's worked well enough for me, but it's not exactly a good way to define one's nutritional plan to get anywhere beyond "surviving" and into the realm of "healthy". I could try harder to understand nutrition, but this is America, so instead I'm going to blame education. Specifically, I'll blame the USDA.

Make sure to have a glass of milk or a History wedge piece from Trivial Pursuit with every meal. (Credit: http://robertleehaller.com/foodgroups.htm)