Pizza as big as a dinner plate, pancakes as big as a 4 feet round table. That is the reason of the increasing waistlines of people now a days, it is directly proportionate to the increasing portion of food.
Since the late 80’s the portion, size has been ballooning and does not seem to stop. People also have good appetite than they used to have. Not only that they actually do not need so much as the metabolic rate of our bodies is not so fast. The amount of calorie intake is very high as compared to the requirement of the body, which most of the people do not realise.
Overeating causes various problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, heart problems, obesity, joint problems, well the list can be very long, so we have to take the steering of our vehicle in our own hands. Limit our diet, supporting it with proper exercise and always read the label of instruction on any carton.
Here the U.S. Department of agriculture comes in the picture suggesting the MyPyramid dividing food in six groups to help people figure out how much of these food they should eat at different age and according to their gender.
1. Grains
2. Vegetables
3. Fruits
4. Oil
5. Dairy
6. Meat and Beans
Pic courtesy on www.flickr.com by Ray Tomes
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