PortionsSix Easy Ways to Measure Them
Portions ~ Natures Health Foods
Here Are Six Easy Ways to Measure Them One of the most perplexing questions we keep being askedis to define a serving size. In other words, how big is a serving or a portion? Well, they actually vary, depending on what is being served and serving size perception has a lot has to do with the size of the dinner ware it's being served on. Don't serve individual meals on a turkey platter, as an example. Of course you wouldn't, I only say that to illustrate a point. The smaller the size of the dinner ware, the better, because once you've cleared your plate of food, your eyes, then your mind and finally your tummy, will feel fuller. As you'll see in the chart below a fruit or vegetable serving size is different from meat serving sizes. A peanut butter serving is different from a rice or pasta serving. 
And if we want to cut calories by keeping close tabs on how much we're eating (no matter where we are) we need to have a good understanding of our serving sizes.Eating the right size serving pays off, say Pennsylvania State University scientists, who found out how easily big servings lead to calorie overload. On 2 consecutive days in each of 3 weeks, 32 subjects chose as many food serving sizes as they wanted. But the serving sizes changed. Regular sized servings during week one became 50% larger the second week and doubled during week three. Compared with the first week, total daily calories jumped by 335 per day for women and 504 for men during the second week, and by an astonishing 530 for women and 812 for men in the last week. To make control of your serving sizes super easy, you can print out the following guide and carry it with you until you've committed it to memory. We hope this helps in your quest for serving size control.
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