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...dramatically from those indicated on a product's food label. (One set of figures is regulated by the Department of Agriculture, and the other, which appears on product labels, is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration.) A single serving of pasta is 1/2 cup (cooked) according to the USDA, 1 cup according to the FDA and at least 2 cups according to most families...
...USDA recommends 5 to 9 servings of fruits and veggies...
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FOODS (ACADEMIC PRESS; 2002); USDA...
...suggests eating lean beef, pork or lamb once or twice a week, chicken or turkey once or twice a week, and fish and other seafood three to four times a week. For most meat eaters, the harder goal will be to bring their portion sizes down to earth. The USDA considers 3 oz. of meat to be one serving. When was the last time you ordered a 3-oz. hamburger or rib-eye steak? Most steakhouses serve portions large enough to fulfill your red-meat rations for a couple of months...
Blackburn didn’t have the answer, but he pointed to a new website put together by the USDA and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, which provides an online tool to evaluate one’s daily diet. The Interactive Healthy Eating Index allows users to list foods they’ve eaten—from alfalfa to zwiebek toast—and then enter in an approximate serving size. The website crunches the numbers to compare the users’ food intake to the USDA’s recommended guidelines (see related article, right...