Healthy Tip: Portion Control

If you’re not good with calorie counting and you’re looking for a different approach to monitoring your intake, try watching your portion sizes.  I like to use a deck of cards to represent a single serving.  Portion sizes in today’s world are much bigger then they need to be.  If you compare your grandmother’s dinner plates to your own, you can see the difference. 

For help with portion sizese, have a look at this guide, we all received one in elementary school, although I remember using it as a coloring book. Canada’s food guide recommends the following servings for a balanced diet: 

 

For more information visit:  http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/fn-an/food-guide-aliment/index-eng.php