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Moderation. That is the word to remember when to eat, it is the key to a good diet. Neither great nor small: you should eat and drink in moderation.

But how to know what are the appropriate portions that I eat at every meal? Although dependent on the food and drink in question, there are different tips for learning to control the amounts used when the table. Read on to know them.

To give you an idea of the ideal size of the portions, this is a table of equivalence between different menus and objects of everyday life.

Meat = deck of cards
Pope = mouse of your computer
Fruit = tennis ball
Pan = hockey puck
Nuts and dried fruit = one egg
Potato chips, popcorn and other snacks, = cup of tea
= Small plate rice dish in which you serve dessert

A glass of water before meals will make you feel more satisfied and help you eat more moderately.

Use the appropriate scale on your plates, cups, bowls and utensils. If you go to eat in small quantities is better to use a plate according to the size of the food they serve because, otherwise, you will feel that the dish is empty and you will come hungrier.

Do not eat directly from the package. You’ve probably been more than once to the kitchen for a snack to calm the hunger, but when you know it emptied the entire package within minutes. It is best to prevent attacks of anxiety serving food in small dishes to monitor the amounts that we eat. Same for the drinks: Aims to serve in a glass and not take from the bottle.

When you go to eat at some restaurants serve portions that sometimes you are much larger than they should. So if you feel satisfied and not want to lose the food you’ve ordered, ask the waiter that you store food in a Tupperware to take them and then eat at home.

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