How much you’re piling on your plate can be as detrimental to your diet as what you’re eating. An increase in portion sizes has played a key role in current obesity statistics.
Use the following “one-serving” measure to keep your portions in the healthy range.
One portion of:
Cereal = the size of a fist
Rice, pasta or potato = half a tennis ball
Raisins = a large egg
Cheese – four stacked dice
1 t of oil = the size of your thumb tip
Peanut butter = a ping pong ball
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