The US Department of Agriculture has introduced a new guide to healthy diet and nutrition by a new icon; MyPlate. MyPlate is represented by a colorful dinner plate showing recommended proportion of grains, fruits, vegetables, and protein with diary on the side.
MyPlate replaces the food pyramid. It is a simple, visual and sends a clear message on proper nutrition. The new guide encourages consumers to eat half a plate of fruits and vegetables.
Making food choices for a healthier lifestyle can be easy using the 10 tips to a great plate:
1) Balance Calories
Find out how much calories you need a day from the calorie calculator. The calorie calculator identifies the amount of calories based on your weight, height, age and level of activity each day. To maintain your weight, you should not eat more than the calories calculated.
2) Enjoy your food
Take time to enjoy your food. Eating too fast without paying attention can lead to eating too many calories. Pay more attention to fullness or hunger when you are eating.
3) Avoid oversize portion
Use a smaller plate or bowl at the buffet table. In this way, you take less even when the plate is full. Portion out the food before eating. When eating out, choose smaller portion, share a meal or eat only half and take home the other half.
4) Foods to eat more
Eat more fruits and vegetables, whole grains, low fat foods. These are the food that are high in nutrient value and low in calories.
5) Make half your plate with fruits and vegetables
Choose from many colorful fruits and vegetables and aim to fill half of the plate with them. WHO ( World Health Organization) recommends eating 5 to 7 portions of fruits and vegetables a day for optimum health. Have fruits as a side, salad or dessert. However, try not to slather your vegetables with butter or lard.
6) Switch to fat-free or low fat milk
Choose low fat milk over full cream. Avoid saturated fat from animal meat and full cream milk. Low fat milk has just as much calcium and other essential nutrient. Better still, switch to soya milk instead.
7) Make half your grains whole grains
Choose brown rice over white rice, whole meal bread over white bread. Other sources of whole grains are barley, oats, buckwheat, quinoa, and millet.
8) Foods to eat less and avoid
Cut back on high fat, high sugar and high salt. Refined and processed food such as cakes, cookies, sweetened drinks, ham, bacon and sausages should be avoided.
9) Compare sodium in food label
Check food-packaging label and choose lower sodium food. Select canned or packaged food with “low sodium” or “reduced salt” or “no salt added”.
10) Drink water instead of sugary drinks
Soda, energy drinks, sports drinks are major source of added sugar that are empty calories. Drink plain water instead or add a slice of lemon for added taste. Green tea is excellent source of antioxidants and helps to burn fats too.
Use the ideas from the list to balance your nutrition and calories. You can choose to eat more of the healthier food and less of the undesirable one.
What do you think of MyPlate as a guide for your nutrition selection? Share with me your thoughts in the comment box below.
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Subject: [lookgoodfeelgreatalways] Re: Food Pyramid Replaced By MyPlate For Healthy
Diet and Nutrition Guide
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Hi,
I am glad you find the information useful. MyPlate is very simple to implement. Just make sure you eat half a plat of fruits and vegetables every meal and you will not go wrong.
It is okay to replace some food in your food pyramid, but you should make sure that it is replaced by the proper nutrients that your body need. In my case, I am very allergy to gluten so I only ate food which is gluten-free so I make sure that I still get the proper nutrients.