Serving Size//Saiz Hidangan Makanan

*fuhh* It's been a while I did not update things here. Well, writing kinda hard for me. I'm still trying though. So, as I promised, I'm going to share with you readers, regarding the serving size or we called it saiz hidangan makanan.

So, kalau korang perasan kt piramid makanan, di situ ada di nyatakan tentang pengambilan makanan dari kumpulan makanan dan saiz dia. Perasan tak?

Okay, look at it closely. I take the example from the carbohydrate group (which is rice, noodles, bread, cereals, cereals products and tubers). It was stated there, "4-8 servings per day". Do you actually know what is exactly this 4-8 servings-thing??

Secara mudah, ini adalah saiz hidangan makanan yang korang patot follow. Tulis banyak2 pn korang malas nak baca, so, I will put some of the examples down here to make it easy for you to understand. =D

Contoh2 makanan berkanji di atas adalah sama dengan 1 hidangan (1 serving size). 1 keping roti bersamaan dengan 1 serving size. 1 biji ubi kentang bersamaan dengan 1 serving size. 3 keping biskut bersamaan dengan 1 serving size. 3 keping biskut sama macam korang makan sekeping roti and sama mcm korang makan 1/2 cawan nasi. Got it???  Kalau korang dah makan 4 biji ubi kentang dalam satu hari tu, korang tinggal lagi 4 hidangan karbohidrat je lagi yang boleh di makan sebab untuk satu hari, karbohidarat perlu di ambil 4-8 hidangan. Okay, faham tak?  Sekarang sila muhasabah diri masing2 tengok dah berapa banyak nasi/mee/meehoon/roti/biskut dah selamat korang makan selama ini. *Banyak kan*

Bagi buah-buahan pn ada serving size dia. Contoh sebiji epal sederhana besar sama dengan 1 saiz hidangan (ni bukan epal fuji yang besar tu tau! tu dah bukan dalam kategori 1 hidangan.) 1 potong buah betik sama dengan satu hidangan. Sebiji pisang sama dengan 1 saiz hidangan (pisang tanduk, pisang Mas dan segala pisang yang besar2 tu bukan 1 serving size ye.) Buah-buahan perlu di ambil 2 hidangan sehari (kebiasaan nya 2 serving size. (Means you take it during lunch and dinner). Buah-buahan walaupun berkhasiat tapi untuk pesakit Diabetes(Kencing Manis), anda perlu jaga your daily fruits intake. Fruits contains Fructose(Fructose tergolong dalam golongan glucose=gula) Untuk sayur-sayuran, by all means, sila la makan dengan kuantiti yang sangat banyak. Terutama sayur berdaun hijau. High in Fiber, good for digestive system. 

Contoh yang di atas ni adalah contoh untuk makanan di aras 3 dalam piramid makanan. 1 ketul paha ayam saiz sederhana tu dah consider sebagai 2 saiz hidangan. Kalau 1 saiz hidangan bersamaan dengan separuh daripada peha ayam tu. 2 biji telur bersamaa dengan 2 saiz hidangan. 2 ketul daging tanpa lemak saiz kotak mancis (KOTAK MANCIS OKAY) dah bersamaan dengan 2 saiz hidangan. Korang cuba scroll balik atas and tengok berapa daily recommendation intake untuk makanan aras 3 (fish, poultry , meat and legumes). Dah scroll? Sekarang lagi sekali sila imbas kembali berapa byk daging lembu korang makan masa raya korban hari tu. *sila menangis*

Food pyramid is very important for all of us as our guidelines in our daily food intake. And we have to take care of our portion size as it can cause us other disease (such as overweight) if we did not follow the portion size correctly. Do not afraid to eat whatever you like as long as you follow the portion size. Not to forget to drink a lot of plain water in your daily food intake and don't be such a lazy bump to do sports or even any light exercises. I hope with this little knowledge that i share with my readers, it will somehow going to change your eating pattern. Do drop any comment(s) if you want to for any further clarification. Until then, take care! =)