"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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> Ms wrote on Thu, 15 May 2008 12:11:30 -0500:
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>
>> It's because most people don't have the slightest grasp of
>> what a serving means. It does not mean whatever amount is in your bowl
>> or on your plate. Servings are a very specific size.
>> Just because something is called a "serving size" does not
>> mean you can't have more than one serving at a meal. How else do you
>> think you're going to get 6 to 11 servings of grains, 3
>> to 5 of vegetables and 2 to 4 of fruit plus the 2 to 3
>> servings of meat and and 2 to 3 servings of dairy per day?
>
> You are just too kind and forgiving!
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> James Silverton
> Potomac, Maryland

LOL, sorry, it's actually one of my pet peeves. It's also why people are
getting fatter and fatter. When you think a "serving" of fruit means a
whole fruit and to get 4 servings you have to eat 4 apples or 4 bananas plus
5 helpings of vegetables and grains and dairy and meat, you get the idea.

Most people eat a whole day's "servings" of meat at one meal but think of it
as only one serving. So they eat 2 or 3 times the number of servings they
should actually have.

A 6 ounce steak is 2 servings of meat.
An apple is 2 servings of fruit.

Something like a sandwich with 1 ounce of meat, 1 ounce of cheese and
lettuce and tomato would be 2 servings of bread, 1/3 of meat, 1 of cheese,
and a third to a half serving of vegetables.

Ms P