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What does a serving look like?
Sometimes it's hard to know exactly what a portion should like look, so here are some guidelines to help:
Grain Products
1 cup of cereal flakes = fist
1 pancake = compact disc
1/2 cup of cooked rice, pasta or potato = 1/2 baseball
1 slice of bread = cassette tape
1 piece of cornbread = bar of soap
Muffin, bagel or croissant = a doorknob
Vegetables and Fruit
1 cup of salad greens = baseball
1 baked potato = fist
1/2 cup of fresh fruit = 1/2 baseball
1/4 cup of raisins = large egg
Dairy and Cheese
1 1/2 oz. cheese = 4 stacked dice or a 9-volt battery (or 2 cheese slices)
1/2 cup of ice cream = 1/2 baseball
Fats
1 tsp. margarine or spreads = 1 dice or 1 domino
Meat and Alternatives
3 oz. meat, fish and poultry = deck of cards
3 oz. grilled/baked fish = checkbook
2 tbsp. peanut butter = ping pong ball
Did you know?
Cinnabon's Caramel Pecanbon supplies 900 calories, more than 10 teaspoons of fat and two third of the day's saturated fat allotment.
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