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Thursday, August 9, 2012

what is ONE serving???

One serving actually might be a lot less than you think. One serving of certain things you may get at restaurants usually are way out of control, and not even close to being one portion.

For french fries, one portion is really only about nine or so fries. And we all know how fast that go down.

A serving of fruit would be one apple or orange, half a banana, or one cup of melon or fresh berries. Women can enjoy two fruit servings a day and three vegetable. So pick the ones you're sure to like! Keep track and control of what you eat, it'll help you easily cut back and shed those pounds. Sometimes seeing what you consume every day written down can do wonders.

Not meat on the other hand, even less of that is one serving. Only one ounce of meat is one serving, but women can enjoy a good four to eight servings of meat. If you're a protein lover, here's your chance to dive in! Men can actually increase their protein consumption to seven or 12 servings.

Dairy, try to stay away from it I think, well as much as you can, but if you're a milk fan, women can indulge in two to three servings daily. A serving of milk would be one cup, or half cup cottage cheese. Of course there are more options to dairy, but that's just general.


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