Your fist tells you how much you should eat

Fit & Healthy food scientists in Britain advising people to get their food now with their hands to measure. That would be better than roads. This is to avoid people eating too much.

The new guide of the British Voedingsstichting was created after the world-wide organization of research into portion sizes and packaging of foods in the supermarket. If your portions under better control, that can lead you to healthier eating, saves money and less food waste, reports the BBC.

The good portion control is an interesting question, find the scientists, who published their findings in the Wiley Online Library. The portion size of meals and beverages have increased over the last years, while obesity in the same period has increased.

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The portions often cause confusion. What is a serving of milk? A cup full? You've got a meal a slice of bread need? Or hear at this meal, up to four sandwiches if you have a big fat sandwich? It is clear that British adults daily between 200 and 300 kilocalories more food than they need.

in Order to figure out what the best way is to get the sizes of portions to determine, were groups of consumers were interviewed. It became clear that they have a need for a simple method that they can use. They also indicated that it had to be that everyone has different needs and wishes. the

In the video that the BBC published, it appears that many people eat too much to prepare and then throw away. Two handfuls of pasta per person is enough. Spaghetti: make a circle of your thumb and forefinger the size of a euro and the pasta that fits is enough.