How much is a food-group serving? It’s not necessarily a helping, a plateful, a small garnish, or the entire contents of one food package. It is a specific, standardized amount of food, meant to help you judge your own portions and estimate how much you eat.
Your portion may measure as more or less than one food-group serving; for example, a one-cup portion of cooked pasta is really two bread-group servings.
The size of your portion doesn’t matter. What does matter is whether your portions add up to the day’s recommendation (or a several-day average), without overdoing.
Learn visual guides. Either measure your food, or use these cues to become a good judge of your portions.
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