Re: Carbs: How Little is too Little?

W. Baker wrote:

An exchange of vegetables is a half a cup. An exchange of rice, potatoes, pasta, etc is a half or a third of a cup in the case of rice. a cup. these exhchanges contain different calorie counts, but are both considered an exchange for that food. Meat is generally counted by single ounces for an exchange and fat or oils by the teaspoon for an exchange. an exchange is not a serving, but an exchange to use in buildign your diet. A meal plan is built by saying how many exchangesof what kind of food you should have in each meal. Not all the exchangesc contain carbs or the same number of calories. Don't confuse food type, exchange and calorie equivalence.

Wendy, are you referring to the diabetic exchanges? That's another different thing compared to serving sizes in the pyramid and actual portions people eat. For example, the food pyramid says 2 oz of meat is a serving, the exchange is 1 ounce, I most commonly actually eat a 4 oz portion.

It does start to seem easier to just say 4 oz (or 115 grams) instead of using all these different systems.

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