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Tuesday, November 27, 2012

If you’re ready to fill that plate with food, use your hands...



There is a lot of advice out there about portion sizes...

...and you can skip the scales, measuring cups, apps and deck of card comparisons. It turns out we’ve all got a built, personalized portion control tool right in the palm of our hand. Our hands are relative to our body size and they can help us easily determine appropriate portions of food. Measuring your meals by hand is pretty simple. Here are your suggested serving sizes:



• Your palm size determines your protein portions.

• Your fist determines your vegetable portions.

• Your cupped hand determines your carb portions.

• Your thumb determines your fat portions.

Good news if you’re a guy. You can double those portions. The handheld portion chart for men uses both hands, while the average woman is better off using one hand.

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