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Handy Guide to Calorie-based Serving Sizes :

Jul 27, 2007

If you know where to look, there are some helpful visual guides that can help you "eyeball" serving sizes of various foods.

Here are some examples.

120 Calories

The British National Health Service (NHS) has an on-line gallery of 120 Calorie food items.

Shown here (all 120 Calories): Half a bagel (45g), 4 pieces chocolate (25g), Sugar-free muesli (15g or 1 tbsp) and a 125g pot of low-fat yoghurt.

200 Calories

WiseGeek have a great selection of foods - all in 200 Calorie portions.

Shown here (all 200 Calories): 145g Cooked Pasta, 28g Butter, 588g Broccoli (that's 1.3 pounds!)

300+ Calories

Here on Diet Blog some time ago, we listed 300+ Calorie meals .

Shown here: Chicken Salad and crackers (350 Calories), Cup of cooked oatmeal, banana, cup of fruit (325 Calories), Baked potato, melon, salsa (305 Calories).

Healthy Snacks

Another visual guide - this one lists some good ideas for healthy snacks . The Calorie levels were carefully calculated to ensure accuracy.

Shown here: 215g grapes (148 Calories), 20 almonds (139 Calories), 2 Cups air-popped pop-corn (62 Calories).

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