Knowing common portion sizes can help maintain a healthy diet. Measuring meat, fish, and poultry, a deck of cards or bar of soap is about 3 ounces. A cup of cooked rice or pasta is about the size of a tennis ball, and a cup of salad is about the size of a baseball.
Planning meals around portion sizes can be an effective way to maintain or lose weight and eat a nutritious diet. While processed foods often carry nutrition labels that describe serving sizes and a nutritional breakdown, prepared foods, such as rice and meat or meals prepared by others, do not carry such labels. Knowing how to recognize common portion sizes by sight can help you maintain a healthy lifestyle every time you eat. Often it can be helpful to compare serving sizes to other familiar items, such as a baseball, light bulb, deck of cards, or checkbook.
When it comes to measuring a single serving of meat, about 3 ounces (85 grams) of cooked fish, beef, or chicken is about the size of a deck of cards or a bar of soap. The serving size of a piece of cooked fish also resembles a checkbook. A small one-ounce (28-gram) serving of cooked meat is closer to the size of a matchbox, while a large serving of meat, closer to 8-ounces (227 grams), is about the size of a textbook. pocket.
One can measure the size of individual servings of starches with sports in mind. For example, a cup of cooked rice or pasta is about the size of a tennis ball. A small or small bagel is about the size of a hockey puck.
Vegetable serving sizes can also correspond to sports teams. A cup of salad is about the size of a baseball or a clenched fist. Half a cup of cauliflower is about half a baseball, or the size of a light bulb.
Sometimes equating the size of one food to another can help determine the serving size. For example, a small serving of raisins, or a quarter cup, is about the size of an egg. Usually, a serving of dried beans or peas can fit inside a cupcake wrapper. A serving size of mashed potatoes or corn, or half a cup, would fit inside a scoop of ice cream.
Small serving sizes, like a teaspoon of salad dressing, are about the same size as a fingertip, and a tablespoon is closer to the tip of a thumb. Two tablespoons of butter or peanut butter are similar in size to a ping pong ball. A cupped hand holds approximately 2 ounces (57 grams) of fluid. One can visualize a serving of cheese, or 1 ounce (28 grams), by imagining a cube made up of four dice.
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