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Monday, November 19, 2007
Determining Portion Sizes
Many of us routinely overestimate how large a portion size should actually be. When we go to restaurants we know that they give us huge plates of food that could easily serve 3 grown adults, but yet we have a tendency to think it should be all for us. It is simply not the case.
Restaurants are notorious for their super-sized portions and their larger than life meals, but we need to learn as a society what an actual portion size should be The easiest way to decide the proper portion is to relate it to everyday items so you have an idea of how large (or small) it should be.
Here are some examples of the correct portion sizes :
1. Fruits and veggies – the size of a baseball or woman’s fist 2. A piece of fruit or raw veggies for a snack – a rounded handful 3. Serving of meat, fish, or poultry – A deck of cards 4. Nuts – the size of a golf ball or large egg 5. Ice cream – the size of a tennis ball 6. Pancake or waffle – the size of compact disc 7. Peanut butter – the size of your thumb tip 8. Serving of cheese – the size of 6 dice stacked up 9. Fish – the size of your checkbook
The best suggestion for starting is to get a measuring cup set, and a food scale so that you can really see how large a serving is
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