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WHAT COUNTS AS A SERVING?
Grain Products (bread, cereal, rice, pasta)
- 1 slice of bread
- 1 ounce of ready-to-eat cereal
- 1/2 cup of cooked cereal, rice or pasta
Vegetables
- 1 cup of raw leafy vegetables
- 1/2 of other vegetables (cooked or chopped raw)
- 3/4 of vegetable juice
Fruits
- 1 medium apple, banana, orange
- 1/2 cup of chopped, cooked, or canned fruit
Milk Products (milk, yogurt, cheese)
- 1 cup of milk or yogurt
- 1 1/2 ounces of natural cheese
- 2 ounces of processed cheese
Meat and Beans (meat, poultry, fish, dry beans, eggs, nuts)
- 2-3 ounces of cooked lean meat, poultry or fish
- 1/2 cup of cooked dry beans or 1 egg counts as 1 ounce of lean meat; 2 tablespoons of peanut butter or 1/3 cup of nuts count as 1 ounce of meat
Taken from The Good Eating Guide, p37.
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