Name: Nutrition Through the Lifecycle: My Plate
Uploaded: 2014-06-22T14:06:41.000Z
Duration: 7 min 29 s
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Hi my name is Lisa Heiser, I am a graduate dietetics student at

Today we're going to talk about the my plate food guide.

"My plate" is the current food guide here in the United States.

This is a representation of what the "My Plate" looks like kind

of reminds you of your dinner plate right?

Well that was the whole point when creating my plate so we

The my plate is broken into five sections the dairy section, the

grains section, the protein section, the vegetables section

Now that we know all the different sections of "My Plate"

let's try to figure out where some example foods

Yup carrots are a vegetable, and a strawberry

And cheese, you got it cheese is a dairy.

And asparagus yup that's our vegetables too,

Okay now that we all know which foods go into different sections

of the "My Plate", let's see what each section is all about.

"My plate" was created so that we don't have to count and

Just look at your plate and make a healthy plate based off what

the my plate food guide is showing you, but some plates are

So we want to go over exactly how much in measurements you

should get every day because if your plates are too big and you

consume too much then it can lead to over consumption and too

This is the vegetable section, the vegetable section should

You should get about two and a half to three

Next is the fruit section, fruits should make up

Now to the grains, grains should make up about

You should eat about 5 to 6 ounces of grains throughout the

day, but how much is an ounce of grains you ask?

Well if you're going to eat bread then an ounce is one

slice, if your going to eat pasta or rice or cooked cereal

like oatmeal then an ounce is a half of a cup.

Now going on to protein, most people get enough protein

everyday, but what we don't get is enough variety.

We should be eating lean meats such as chicken and fish and

turkey and occasionally we can eat beef and pork.

We also get protein from nuts and beans too.

again you ask how much is an ounce of protein?

Well the answer is about a table spoon of peanut butter or one

Some meats such as chicken, fish, and beef you'll have to

Dairy is the last section of "My plate", most people don't get

We should eat or drink about three cups of dairy everyday.

Dairy comes in all sorts of forms milk, yogurt, cheese are

Now that we all know approximately how much of

We've got fish going into our protein section, rice that's

going to be our grains, and some green beans and cauliflower for

our vegetables, and some pears for our fruit.

As you can see we have 20% protein, 30% grains, 20% fruits,