Visualize One Serving
What about food without nutrition labels? How do you determine the serving size of, say, chicken meat? Dietitians and nutritionists recommend using these handy reminders to visualize the appropriate portion.
Food | What A Serving Looks Like |
Beans | Tennis ball |
Cereal flakes | Fist size |
Cheese | 4 stacked dice |
Fruit juice | Small tub of yogurt |
Granola/ muesli | Fist size |
Ice-cream | Half an orange |
Margarine | 1 dice |
Meat, Poultry, Fish | A deck of cards |
Muffin | Tennis ball |
Pancake | Compact disc |
Peanut butter | 1 Oreo cookie |
Potato Chips | Half a grapefruit |
Raisins | Egg |
Vegetables | 3/4 mug |