Portion Control 101
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Video Description:Portion control? Who cares about that? Believe it or not, controlling your portion sizes can go further than any diet, helping you consume fewer food calories and lose stubborn pounds.
Transcript:Often, we spend a great deal of time deciding what to eat and overlook an equally important part of the weight-loss equation-how much we should eat. People who are watching their caloric intake often expend a lot of energy trying to decide what foods they should eat, only to have their efforts undermined by misjudging the serving size of their food. A. The portions of food we consume in any given meal have increased significantly in the last forty years. While we may think we're getting more for our money, B. in reality, all we're getting is bigger waistlines! For example a bagel has grown so much that it is now roughly equivalent to five slices of bread! Unfortunately, we have lost an accurate perspective on how much food exists in a healthy portion. Partly to blame is our skewed plate perception. Normal' plates today are 4 to 6 inches larger than they were a few decades ago. The problem with bigger plates is that we instinctively want to fill them, resulting in unhealthy pile-ups of food. It is clear that paying attention to portion size is important. Regardless of the food you're eating, if you consume more than your body can use, weight gain is a likely result. So, what should you eat? Let's first differentiate between a serving and a portion. A serving is the standard measure of food as seen on the food pyramid. When you read a nutritional label, the dietary information provided is always for a standard amount of food-a serving. A portion, on the other hand, is defined as what you end up actually eating. To demonstrate, let's look at the size of a standard one-ounce serving of potato chips, which contains 152 calories and 9.8 grams of fat. Most of us, however, would end up eating a portion of at least three times that…consuming a whopping 456 calories and 29.4 grams of fat! Eating portions that are the appropriate serving-size can be much easier if you know what a proper serving looks like. A. A serving of meat should be about the size of a deck of playing cards, B. while a serving of cheese is equivalent to the size of four stacked dice. C. A serving size of nuts, candy, or other snacks should be able to fit in the palm of your hand. As for fruits and veggies-load up your plate! These healthy options fill you up fast and your body loves them, too. One sure-fire way to gain perspective on portion and serving size is to use the same bowl and plate each time you eat. A. Try to use plates that measure 7 inches across,B. and bowls that are 6 inches. C. This will help keep you mindful of portion sizes and allow you to eat less at every meal…almost effortlessly! Making informed decisions about how much food to consume at each meal is an easy way to cut back on calories and weight gain. Doing so will help you see positive changes in your health, and your waistline.
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