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How to Rate Your Diet
You may want to rate you diet for a few days. Follow
these four steps.
Step 1.
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Jot down everything you ate yesterday for meals
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Grams of Fat |
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Total |
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Step 2.
Write down the number of grams of fat in each food you
list.
»Use the Pyramid Food Choices
Chart to get an idea of the number of grams of fat to count for the foods
you ate.
»Use nutrition labels on packaged
foods you ate to find out the grams of fat they contained. |
Step 3.
Answer these questions:
»Did you have the number of
servings from the five major food groups that are right for you? (See
previous chart to determine the number of servings that are right for you.)
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Circle the Servings right for You |
Servings You Had |
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Grain Group Servings |
6 7 8 9 10 11 |
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Vegetable Group Servings |
3 4 5 |
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Fruit Group Servings |
2 3 4 |
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Milk Group Servings |
2 3 |
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Meat Group (ounces) |
5 6 7 |
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How did you do? Not enough? About right?
»Add up your grams of fat listed
in Step 2. Did you have more fat than the amount right for you?
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Grams Right for You |
Grams You Had |
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Fat |
53 73 93 |
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How did you do? Too much? About right?
»Do you need to watch the amount
of added sugars you eat? See the previous chart to estimate the number of
teaspoons of added sugars in your food choices.
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Teaspoons Right for You |
Teaspoons You Had |
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Sugars |
6 12 18 |
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How did you do? Too much? About right?
Step 4.
Decide what changes you can make for a healthier diet.
Start by making small changes, like switching to lowfat salad dressings or
adding an extra serving of vegetables. Make additional changes gradually
until healthy eating becomes a |
