Archive for the ‘Food Serving’ Category
January 6th, 2007 | 
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Sizes for everything from fruits to soft drinks have gotten larger in the past 20 years. It’s not enough to eat the right kinds of food to maintain a healthy weight or to lose weight. If you are a healthy eater, it is possible to sabotage your efforts by eating more than the recommended amount of food. A serving is a specific amount of food, and it might be smaller than you realize.
Here are some examples:
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There’s one more piece of vital information you need to follow the pyramid, and that’s what counts as a serving. Here are some examples of one serving of each of the pyramid’s building blocks:
Bread, Cereal, Rice, and Pasta (Grains Group)—especially whole grain1 slice breadAbout 1 cup of ready-to-eat cereal1/2 cup of cooked cereal, rice, or pasta
Vegetable Group1 cup of raw leafy vegetables1...