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Here's some resources to hopefully help others who, like me, are clueless to knowing what a serving size or a half-cup of something is. For me its been eye opening to find what I thought was a healthy portion clearly is not. This will be most help to my male counterparts as we understand pictures better than words, so I think. Frankly this is the hardest part of navigating the diet and menu planning.
The first link is really cool and is a take-home item. For starters, did you know that a 1 Cup measure is like the size of a baseball? Co with that in mind.....
The interent is a great resource. On to the links:
Serving size in pictures. Print this wallet size guide for reference
http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/servingcard7.pdf
Did you know 5 spears of Asparagus is a serving? Me neither. Scroll down a little after download
http://www.cpma.ca/Nutrition/en/servings.asp
For visual descriptions of Cup and . 4 leaves if lettuce is 1 Cup. I did not know that.
http://members.aol.com/velvethare/servings.html
Some more. Not as good, but a Tennis ball is a fuit serving. Helpful later.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/food/hhb/hhb1-6.htm
Focuses on serving size, now that you know what it looks like.
https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/...rt10052004.asp
More pictures!!! Yeah baby!
http://www.co.mohave.az.us/WIC/portionDistortion.htm
That's my contribution. Off to the store with my baseball and starting induction tonight!
Cheers--MarkO
The first link is really cool and is a take-home item. For starters, did you know that a 1 Cup measure is like the size of a baseball? Co with that in mind.....
The interent is a great resource. On to the links:
Serving size in pictures. Print this wallet size guide for reference
http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/portion/servingcard7.pdf
Did you know 5 spears of Asparagus is a serving? Me neither. Scroll down a little after download
http://www.cpma.ca/Nutrition/en/servings.asp
For visual descriptions of Cup and . 4 leaves if lettuce is 1 Cup. I did not know that.
http://members.aol.com/velvethare/servings.html
Some more. Not as good, but a Tennis ball is a fuit serving. Helpful later.
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/food/hhb/hhb1-6.htm
Focuses on serving size, now that you know what it looks like.
https://www.adventisthealthcare.com/...rt10052004.asp
More pictures!!! Yeah baby!
http://www.co.mohave.az.us/WIC/portionDistortion.htm
That's my contribution. Off to the store with my baseball and starting induction tonight!
Cheers--MarkO