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Originally Posted by Angel Rising
Just wanted to know about serving sizes and portions etc.
What is a serving of grains? Is it half a cup or a cup or what?
What about sunflower seeds?
And of course nuts?
And why can you have heaps of cheese but no (or very little) milk?
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Not sure. I think a serving of oatmeal is 1/2 cup of rolled oats (dry). 2oz of dry pasta. I usually go with 100-150 calories worth of whatever carb, as a serving.
1/4 cup is the serving size for nuts or seeds. That's shelled, of coarse. Shelled sunflower seeds would be about 3/4 cup. I eat a lot of these, since they take longer to eat. I can spread out my 3/4 for the whole day, practically.
Cheese has very few carbs, since the cheese making bacteria eat up all the carbs while making the cheese. Plus, milk is not very filling. The diet's not just about low carb, but also about choosing foods that are satiating.