As you might agree our portion sizes contribute to the obesity epidemic in America.
In restaurants a meal is usually more than one serving of each item. I know that we recently went to Morton’s in downtown San Jose and my steak worked out to be probably about a serving and three quarters.
If we started eating the proper serving sizes I am convinced our obesity rates would go down.
In case you are familiar or you want a reminder:
1 gram = about a paper clip or a dime
4 g is a tsp (4 paper clips or 4 dimes)
| One serving of: | Is about: |
| Meat | a deck of playing cards |
| Cheese | the equivalent of four dices |
| Salad greens | the size of a softball |
| Baked potato | the size of a computer mouse |
| Fruit | the size of a tennis ball |
| Bread | the size of an audio cassette (but do people know what THAT is?) |
Also remember to check the serving size on the package. If you fill a bowl with cereal, just because that is one “bowl” doesn’t mean that is one “serving”. The bowl could hold more than one serving. Do you have a favorite food that you tend to eat more of than the serving size? C’mon you can tell me, what is it?
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