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		<title>It Might Surprise You to Know What a &#8220;Portion&#8221; is!</title>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Food pyramid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Portion control]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[You have a bowl and you fill it to the brim and you think that you&#8217;re having a &#8220;serving&#8221;. It may surprise you to know that most recommended &#8220;serving&#8221; sizes are much smaller than you think. Not to mention the fact that everything from plates to cups are super-sized these days, we are misled into [&#8230;]]]></description>
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<p>You have a bowl and you fill it to the brim and you think that you&#8217;re having a &#8220;serving&#8221;.</p>
<p>It may surprise you to know that most <a href="http://www.mypyramid.gov/">recommended &#8220;serving</a>&#8221; sizes are much smaller than you think.</p>
<p>Not to mention the fact that everything from plates to cups are super-sized these days, we are misled into believing that we are eating a portion when in fact we are eating 2,3,or 6 times what we need!</p>
<p>Cereal 1 cup = a baseball<br />
Salad Dressing 2 Tbsp. = a shot glass<br />
Cheese 1 oz. = a golf ball<br />
Nuts 1 oz. = 1 cupped palm<br />
Hamburger 3 oz = mayo jar lid<br />
Beef 3 oz.  = deck of cards<br />
Rice 1/2 c = ice cream scoop<br />
Sweet Potato = computer mouse<br />
Butter 1 tsp = a waterbottle cap<br />
Pasta 1/2 cup = a tennis ball</p>
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