Monday, January 14, 2013

Another Serving Sizes help

I should have kept browsing before posting the last post, because I came across this gem:

http://nutrition.about.com/od/fruitsandvegetables/f/servingfruit.htm 

It actually lists examples of how many of the smaller fruits and veggies make up one serving. It doesn't list everything, but enough for getting a better idea (at least for me) for those smaller things, like strawberries and baby carrots. Keep in mind that when looking at something like an orange or an apple, a medium sized fruit is one serving (about a tennis ball size). Combined with the livestrong info, I feel much better armed this week for my servings of fruits and veggies!

Fruits

  • One banana
  • Six strawberries
  • Two plums
  • Fifteen grapes
  • One apple
  • one pluot
  • One peach
  • One-half cup of orange or other fruit juice

Vegetables

  • Five broccoli florets
  • Ten baby carrots
  • One Roma tomato
  • Three-fourths cup tomato juice
  • Three-fourths cup vegetable juice
  • Half a baked sweet potato
  • One ear of corn
  • Half-cup whipped rutabaga
  • Four slices of an onion

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