When you wish to eat a particular food, it is assumed you will eat one serving of that food. However, most restaurants serve portions that really are for 3 or 4 people. When we see huge portions so often, they start to look normal.
Here are the desired portion sizes of foods appropriate for one person:
· A portion of a snack food, such as small crackers, potato chips, pretzels, should be one ounce. This is one handful.
In restaurants, ask for half the food to be wrapped to take home before it is served to you.
Here are the desired portion sizes of foods appropriate for one person:
· A portion of a snack food, such as small crackers, potato chips, pretzels, should be one ounce. This is one handful.
· A cup of fruit should be the size of a baseball.
A 3 ounce portion of meat is the size of a cell phone.
A portion of potato is one potato (the size of a computer mouse).
· A portion of cheese is the size of your thumb.
Based on: "Visualize the Right Portion Size," by the American Dietetic Association.
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