Dr Spahr Speaks about Serving Sizes

Dr. Roger Spahr, The Spahr Center, answers the question: What is a Serving?

Often when discussion diets we say “6-7 or 8-9” servings per day of fruits and vegetables. 

So is that 5 veggies and 2 fruits?

Also, what counts as a serving?

Typically ½ cup is the amount used with lettuce being 1 cup.

Here are some typical serving sizes for fruits and vegetables:

Fruits

• one banana
• six strawberries
• two plums
• fifteen grapes
• one apple
• one peach
• one-half cup of orange or other fruit juice

Vegetables

• Five broccoli florets
• ten baby carrots
• one Roma tomato
• 3/4 cup tomato juice
• 3/4 cup vegetable juice
• half of a baked sweet potato
• one ear of corn
• four slices of an onion

For more information visit the doctor at www.thespahrcenter.com