By: Lu Young | 2010-03-31 | Nutrition A single serving from the Bread (Starch), Fruit, or Milk group each contains between 12 - 15 carbohydrate grams. Vegetables contain many vitamins and minerals necessary to the body. read more
By: Rita Campion | 2010-03-31 | Weight Loss We live in a super-size world. Our cars are big, our houses are big, and so are our portions. When you go to a fast-food restaurant, they don't even advertise "small" as a choice: it's medium, large, extra-large, and enormous. Even grocery stores offer extra-large sizes of nearly everything from candy bars to soda to potato chips. Learning how to control your portions is critical to meeting your weight loss goals. read more
By: Mark Stjean | 2010-09-14 | Health & Fitness It's a fact - most people tend to underestimate the amount of food they eat and tend to overestimate the recommended serving sizes for many foods. In a land of super-sized meals it is easy to understand why. Most consumers believe that a serving size is 1.5 to 2 times larger than it actually is. How do you test this? First, guess how much pasta you usually eat. read more
By: Kevin Cohen | 2011-03-24 | Health & Fitness Portion control can prove to be an effective way of cutting down calories, while enjoying the food you love to eat read more
By: John C White | 2010-03-30 | Weight Loss Of the steps taken to lose weight, the single greatest hurdle to overcome is eating large food portions. As such, food portion control is a skill that dieters must develop if they want to lose those excess inches quickly and permanently. That being said, the following are some actions that you can take that can help you accomplish this undertaking. In preparation for this endeavor, keep in mind that a serving size is the central component to food portion control. read more
By: John C White | 2010-03-30 | Weight Loss Consuming large food portions is a key cause of being overweight or obese. To keep food portions in check, it is beneficial to use a food portion control scale to measure out the amount of food to eat. For those unfamiliar with a food portion control scale, it is a device that is used for weighing your food. These devices can provide and accurate accounting of how much food you are about to eat. read more
By: Amy Stephens | 2011-07-06 | Diabetes Portion control is understands how much a serving size is and how many calories a serving contains. Portion control is important for weight management as the weight is defined by the total calorie intake. read more
By: Ed Stephens | 2011-09-23 | Weight Loss Start your big day with a healthy eating breakfast consisting of protein - think egg, turkey or chicken recipes. read more
By: Sarah Labdar | 2011-09-21 | Weight Loss In a society where super sizing your meal is acceptable, its no wonder that 34% of adults over the age of 20 are overweight based on the 2007-2008 CDC obesity survey. The American mentality of increasing your portion size for a few more cents is gravely off balance to maintain a healthy body. However, fast food has become a main staple in our diets because it’s fast and easy. The problem is it read more
By: Lori Finney | 2010-12-03 | Nutrition Lots of dieting programs promote to be an individual's fastest and easiest strategy to lose fat. Although some fat loss plans may be simple and quick, people may want to be cautious if using those diet programs. Every person wants an effective rapid as well as easy way to lose weight however individuals might want to look for healthy ways for losing weight also. Thankfully, individuals can locate healthy in addition to simple techniques to lose weight without spending a fortune. read more
By: Gregory Anne Cox | 2010-03-27 | Weight Loss Tennis balls and decks of cards are the images used to remind us what a portion looks like. Do we use them? Should we? Portioning food may not be fun but in the land of super size me - even if you don't ask for that - it can go a long way to helping us reach our weight loss goals. read more
By: ted | 2010-11-05 | Wellness A couple years ago I was definitely suffering from a condition that is not too commonly discussed, but does very often appear in many restaurants, parties and homes all over the world. Yes, you too may be suffering from this horrible condition and not even know it. What is this awful plague? It's called: Portion Distortion, and it just may be what is holding you back from reaching your weight loss goals. read more
By: Dianne Orwig | 2010-03-27 | Weight Loss While there are hundreds of strategies you could enlist to drop those extra inches from around your waist (counting calories, diet pills, exercise, Dead Sea salt wraps...) one tool stands consistently at the front of the weight-loss pack. It's tiny, uncomplicated, inexpensive, and very effective. This powerful little bulge-busting wonder is none other than the humble 1 cup and 2 cup plastic container. read more
By: reginaa520 | 2010-12-11 | Golf The actual cut ball is a form of hindrance in the way to acquire good credit rating inside the golf performance. When you're regularly stunning the actual blueberry ball, this means that you will have to improve your online game. This specific piece is not stroked through just a beginner nevertheless an expert participant also. read more