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June 14, 2008, 8:08 am
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What does ONE serving mean anyway? |
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We're told to have 5 servings of fruit or vegetables a day and some people feel as if that's too much to even try to get through. They really don't know how much one serving equals. When you know what a serving is, getting down the 5 servings isn't that hard.
The guide below shows that one serving is less than what you might think.
One serving equals:
1 medium piece of fruit
1/2 cup fruit (raw, canned, or frozen)
1/2 cup cooked vegetables (canned or frozen)
1 cup raw vegetables
1/4 cup dried fruit
4-6 oz. of 100% juice (serving size depends on the type of juice)
1/2 cup cooked peas or beans
You can easily add a serving of veggies by throwing a half cup of any frozen veggies into your pasta sauce before heating it up for dinner. Add a quater cup of dried fruit to your cereal in the morning or eat a half handful of dried fruit at any moment of the day when you get hungry. Bingo, another serving has been eaten and you hardly felt it!
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June 14, 2008, 3:30 pm
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Dogget says... |
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The only thing to be considered there is that dried fruit has very concentrated sugars, and is sticky. You would want to consider eating those at a time when you had access to a toothbrush. |
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June 15, 2008, 4:01 am
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Simplyme says... |
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That is a great and very helpful list. Thank you so much for sharing it. I have wondered what the actual break down was. |
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June 15, 2008, 10:04 pm
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Rose says... |
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OK...I knew some of these, actually most of the times I eat, I really don't give much attention to the serving size. I just eat in small portion or whatever I feel like at the time. |
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June 16, 2008, 12:11 am
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lavender says... |
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I normally aim for one cup of veggie/fruit per meal based on the guidelines for a serving. To many school lunches cemented it in my brain over the years (entree, fruit, veggie, starch, milk). I normally stay away from dried fruit due to cost unless its something I dried myself so it lacks the extra sugars and stuff they add to commercially processed fruit. |
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