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"  Ten carrots. Two crackers. One egg. Some food labels&amp;#039; serving sizes are completely unrealistic for people with Real Appetites. That&amp;#039;s because they&amp;#039;re based on food consumption data gathered in the &amp;#039;70s and &amp;#039;80s, when people apparently ate a whole lot less. Luckily, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently proposed new regulations to acknowledge the amount of food people actually eat\u2014not how much they should eat\u2014and make serving sizes more reasonable. The FDA is still reviewing public comments, which is expected to take several months and could ultimately affect the regulations that go into effect. If the changes they proposed are implemented, though, manufacturers will have at least two years to increase the serving sizes listed on foods. So when you eat a standard bowl of ice cream (usually at least 1 cup, not a \u00BD cup as suggested on the ice cream carton), you won&amp;#039;t have to do any math to figure out what went down the hatch. Food makers will also have to provide nutritional facts for the entire package of food products that contain more than one serving but could reasonably be gobbled down in a single sitting. One example: a regular-size chocolate bar. (Coincidentally, Hersey&amp;#039;s is already doing this. A full milk chocolate bar is considered a single 210-calorie serving, as per the label.) Even after food labels are revised though, suggested servings will still be based on the average person&amp;#039;s appetite. &amp;quot;Many people will need less, and many will need more,&amp;quot; says registered dietitian Connie Diekman, a board-certified specialist in sports dietetics and director of university nutrition at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri. It all depends on your size, age, activity level, and appetite. Until the changes roll out, feel free to point and laugh at these bird-size suggested servings \u2014and feel a whole lot better when you eat a human-size portion. Like *gasp!* three crackers.  1) Granola Cereal Suggested serving: 1/4 cup* (120 calories for Vanilla Almond Bear Naked Granola) This barely covers the bottom of the bowl! Most people eat at least three cereal servings (usually between \u2154 cup and 1 cup) per sitting, says registered dietitian Mindy Haar, Ph.D., director of the graduate clinical nutrition program at the New York Institute of Technology. This granola portion is a mean joke.  2) Chips Suggested serving: About 11 chips* (120 calories for Tomato Basil Kale and Chia Chips) Can you believe that the label claims there are one-and-a-half servings per snack bag of these green-so-they-must-be-healthy chips? Riiight. Look out for more than one serving in similarly sized packages. Then proceed to finish the whole bag, because the first 11 chips will almost definitely leave you hungry for more.  3) Self-Serve Frozen Yogurt Suggested serving: 1 ounce (30 calories for 16 Handles Chocolate Love Affair) This suggested serving size is for one flavor of fro-yo, and self-serve frozen yogurt shops assume you&amp;#039;ll fill your cup with at least a few of the flavors they have on tap. (A typical frozen yogurt portion is about \u00BD cup, or 4 ounces.) But if one teeny sample cup weighs in at 1 ounce a pop, and you try a few flavors before deciding which ones you like, you can easily eat the entire 4-ounce portion before you fill a regular-size cup. #SorryNotSorry. 4) Mixed Nuts Suggested serving: \u00BC cup or about 18 nuts* (170 calories for store-brand mixed nuts) You probably know that nuts are calorically dense, which means that a small serving has a lot of calories and, at least in theory, is especially satisfying. Still, it really sucks to count out \u00BC cup of nuts and end up with fewer than 20 bites. 5) Iced Tea Suggested serving: \u00BD bottle (0 calories for Teas&amp;#039; Tea Green Unsweetened Tea) The bottle on the right contains two servings, not one \u2014 even though it&amp;#039;s no larger than a standard water bottle. The good news: Unsweetened tea has no calories, so no worries if you finish the bottle. 6) Sliced Bread Suggested serving: 1 slice (80 calories for Pepperidge Farm Cinnamon Swirl Bread) Because you need two pieces of bread to make a sandwich, this serving size is the ultimate fail. You heard it here first: You do not have to eat your sandwiches open-faced. 7) Cheese Suggested serving: 1 slice (70 calories for Cabot Sharp Light) One single serving of cheese + one single serving of bread = the lamest sandwich ever. Add some veggies like roasted red peppers or spinach or avocado to bulk it up a bit. 8) Crackers Suggested serving: 2 crackers (70 calories for Carrs Whole Wheat Crackers) Two? Just two? Everyone eats more than that, so dig in or at least put some cheese on them. 9) Eggs Suggested serving: 1 egg (70 calories) Dr. Seuss wrote about green eggs (plural!) and ham \u2014 and that&amp;#039;s reason enough to eat at least two of them per sitting. After all, scramble one lonely guy, and you&amp;#039;ll get about three measly bites (and a growling stomach in 10 to 15 minutes). 10) Cooking Spray Suggested serving: \u00BC-second spray (0 calories for Pam cooking spray) This stingy spritz doesn&amp;#039;t even begin to cover the surface of the pan. Because this product was made to do just that, one serving of the stuff is completely useless. 11) Mustard Suggested serving: 1 teaspoon (5 calories for French&amp;#039;s Dijon Mustard) What makes mustard different from all other condiments, besides its deliciousness? Almost all other condiments (ketchup, salsa, salad dressing, etc.) have two-tablespoon serving sizes. That&amp;#039;s six times larger than one official serving of mustard. And not fair. 12) Baby Carrots Suggested serving: About 10 carrots* or \u2155 of a one-lb. bag (35 calories for Grimmway Farms Baby Carrots) You probably couldn&amp;#039;t pick a healthier snack if you tried. So if you end up eating not 10, but 11 (!) whole (!) baby (!) carrots (!), don&amp;#039;t beat yourself up. 13) Hummus Suggested serving: 2 tablespoons* (70 calories for Sabra Roasted Red Pepper Hummus) This barely outfits the tip of a single serving of carrots. Considering hummus is rightfully considered a health food (and a beloved one at that!), this serving is just pathetic. 14) Spray Butter Suggested serving: 5 sprays (0 calories for Can&amp;#039;t Believe It&amp;#039;s Not Butter Original Spray) This sprayable topping is like salty, sweet heaven in a bottle. Of course five sprays isn&amp;#039;t enough! FYI: Even though the label says 0 calories, and 0 + 0 = 0, the manufacturer is rounding down, so calories in this product still actually add up when you increase the serving size. So 25 sprays or about 1 teaspoon of this stuff equates to 20 calories and 2 grams of fat, according to the manufacture&amp;#039;s website. *Editor&amp;#039;s note: Serving sizes reflect food volume, not weight. So manufacturers&amp;#039; actual serving sizes may be slightly more or less. Via Cosmopolitan.com "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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