HTML Preview Daily Diet Chart page number 1.
1,800-Calorie Daily Diet Plan
Food Guide Pyramid
• You may have 6 servings.
• A serving has 80 calories.
• Example: 1 slice of bread = 1 serving
• If you eat 6 servings, you eat 480 calories.
• You may have 6 servings.
• A serving has 25 calories.
• Example: 1 cup raw or
1
⁄2 cup cooked broccoli
= 1 serving
• If you eat 6 servings,
you eat 150 calories.
• You may have 6 servings.
• A serving has 60 calories.
• Example: a medium
apple = 1 serving
• If you eat 6 servings,
you eat 360 calories.
Bread (6) 480
Fruit (6) 360
Vegetables (6) 150
Skim Milk (2) 180
Meat (2 to 3) 525
Fat (2) 90
Total 1,785
Fats, Sweets, and
Alcoholic Beverages
Vegetables
Fruits
Breads, Cereals,
Rice, and Pasta
• You may have 2 servings.
• A serving has 45 calories.
• Example: 1 thin slice of bacon
or 1 teaspoon of butter = 1 serving
• If you eat 2 servings,
you eat 90 calories.
• You may have 7 ounces.
• One 3-ounce serving of meat has 225 calories;
1 egg has 75 calories.
• Example: 3 ounces of broiled lean meat
(about the size of a deck of cards) = 1 serving;
1 egg = 1 serving.
• If you eat two 3-ounce servings of meat and
1 egg, you eat 525 calories.
Meat, Poultry,
and Fish
Daily Plan
Each food group
has about this
many calories:
Milk, Yogurt,
and Cheese
• You may have 2 servings.
• A serving has 90 calories.
• Example: 8-ounce cup
of skim milk = 1 serving
• If you eat 2 servings,
you eat 180 calories.