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Heritage Diet Background Information

The history of Heritage Diet pyramids

The history of Heritage Diet pyramids

Learn more about how each of the Heritage Diet Pyramids was developed, including contributors to the development and the cultural history behind each Pyramid. 

The most effective way to preserve and promote traditional diets is to honor their science and celebrate their culinary pleasures.  Or, to paraphrase Dr. Jean Mayer, the late Tufts University President (and also chair of the first White House Conference on Nutrition), the best way to promote traditional diets is to make a virtue that the best in science and medicine is also a profound and attractive pleasure at the table. 

The Heritage Diets

Oldways Cultural Food Traditions
Mediterranean Diet Background

The first cultural diet Oldways helped popularize in the early 1990s, and one of the most well-researched diets to this day.
Oldways Cultural Food Traditions
African Heritage Diet Background

Oldways’ work promoting African Heritage diets began in 2011, and interest in this programming continues to grow.
Oldways Cultural Food Traditions
Asian Heritage Diets Background

Since the mid-1990s, Oldways has championed the health benefits of diverse, traditional Asian Heritage Diets.
Oldways Cultural Food Traditions
Latin American Heritage Diets Background

From Oldways’ first conference on the Diets of Latin America in 1996, Oldways has celebrated traditional Latin American Heritage Diets.
Oldways Cultural Food Traditions
Vegetarian & Vegan Diets Background

Many traditional diets share a foundation of plant-based foods. Explore Oldways’ role documenting their shared histories.