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- Delia Quigley
- April 13, 2011
- 11:10 am
- 58 comments
Want to lose weight, keep weight in check, eat just enough to nourish and strengthen your body? Then keeping your meals to the proper serving size is the way to go. But, if serving sizes are important why have meal portions gotten so much larger? One reason is that restaurants and food manufacturers have used “size” as an incentive to lure customers to buy their products and people have responded with a bit too much enthusiasm. More is always better in our culture and that is never truer than with portions of food. Portion size is not to be confused with the recommended serving size of a particular food group. The American meal portions have grown in proportion to our waistlines, but the recommended serving sizes have remained unchanged.
1. Why a serving size?
Because no one food group can provide all the nutrients our body needs eating a variety of whole foods, while following the serving size recommendations, helps us obtain our daily allotment of nutrients. These include our daily intake of protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and minerals. Knowing the right serving size also allows you to determine the proper amount of fat and calories your body receives from a meal, which helps you design a healthy lifestyle and exercise regimen.
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Delia Quigley
Delia Quigley is the Director of StillPoint Schoolhouse, where she teaches a holistic lifestyle based on her 30 years of study, experience and practice. She is the creator of the Body Rejuvenation Cleanse, Cooking the Basics, and Broken Bodies Yoga. Delia's credentials include author, artist, natural foods chef, yoga instructor, energy therapist and public speaker. Follow Delia's blogs: brcleanse.blogspot.com and. To view her website go to www.deliaquigley.com
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Sounds wonderful! :)
Thank you for sharing. Interesting.
I'm not a supporter of fasting as it drops blood sugar and throws the body into ketosis. Smaller mea…
Sound good thanks.
58 comments
+ add your ownTry smaller plates unless you're eating vegetables. If it's vegetables then heap them high. That's the great part of being a vegetarian.
Very informative article. Thanks for sharing.
It used to be called grazing. Several small meals work for me.
It's actually healthier to eat multiple mini meals a day rather than a couple big ones.
I find it easier to eat a lot of small meals all day.
good post :)
When I see the huge portion size in some resturants I cringe!!Less food and lower prices please.Healthy for us and our pocket books!
thanks
Even if eating a lot of food, it's the variety that can make it better or worse for you also. Everyone can use more veggies.
I like the list of the ideal servings of each common item! Thank you!
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