Men's Health Week - Portion Sizes to Ensure Great Energy

Continuing our series of posts to celebrate Men's Health Week, we're looking at portion sizes today - one of the biggest issues that many men fall foul of when it comes to healthy and balanced eating. 

So how much is too much?

Surprisingly, most people don't know how much they should have on their plate and as a result, they carry on eating after they are full and have lost touch with they need and eat what they want instead.

As a rule of thumb, each meal should be the size of 2 cupped hands and each snack should fill the palm of 1 hand. That's actually a good amount of food, particularly if you space your meals and snacks out throughout the day, but is it smaller than what is normally on your plate? If it is then there's no better time than today to pay a bit more attention to what goes onto your plate and into your stomach.

The fast results you'll get achieve by following this simple guideline?

1. Improved energy levels throughout the day
2. Effective weight management with all food being used for energy and nothing stored as excess fat


So what are you waiting for. Observing the appropriate portion sizes for you and your objectives is a great new habit and an easy one to get into.

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