For this amount of food... Vegetable Group Eat 3 to 5 servings daily Vegetables, cooked, 1/2 cup Vegetables, leafy, raw, 1 cup ▲ Vegetables, nonleafy, raw, chopped, 1/2 cup 1 Potatoes, scalloped, 1/2 cup Potato salad, 1/2 cup French fries, 10 1 Trace Trace Fruit Group Eat 2 to 4 servings daily Whole fruit: medium apple, orange, banana 1 Trace What about alcoholic beverages? If adults choose to drink, they should have no more than 1 to 2 drinks a day. Alcoholic beverages provide calories, but little else nutritionally. These standard-size drinks each provide about the same amount of alcohol. *A mixer such as a soft drink will add more calories. Grams of Fat How To Rate Your Diet You may want to rate your diet for a few days. Step 1. Jot down everything you ate yesterday for meals and snacks. DATE DUE 1/4/96 DEC 2 7 1993 1/4/96 THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN Step 2. Write down the number of grams of fat in each food you list. Use the Pyramid Food Choices Chart to get an idea of the number of grams of fat to count for the foods you ate. Use nutrition labels on packaged foods you ate to find out the grams of fat they contained. |