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. 2012 Mar 15;2012:985136. doi: 10.1155/2012/985136

Table 1.

Example of two diets on 1800 kilocalories.

  Standard meal plan   Ethnic meal plan
Meal Porzion size Meal Porzion size
Breakfast Milk, skimmed 1 cup Yogurt, skimmed 1
White bread 1 slice Crackers 4 slices

Snack Apple 1 Mango 1

Lunch Pasta 1 cup Cous cous 1 cup
Vegetables 1/2 cup Vegetables 1/2 cup
Meat 100 g Poultry 3/4
Bread without yeast 1 slices
Olive oil 2 T Sunflower oil 2 T

Snack Yogurt, skim 1 Banana 1
White bread 1 slice Yogurt, skim 1

Dinner Soup with: Soup with:
Pasta 1/2 cup Beans 1/2 cup
Parmesan 1 T Potatoes One small
Lentils 1/2 cup
White bread 2 slice Plantain one
Vegetables 1/2 cup Vegetables 1/2 cup
Mozzarella 100 g
Olive oil 2 T Olive oil 2 T

Snack at bedtime Milk, skimmed 1 cup Yogurt, skimmed 1
White bread 1 slice Crackers 2 slices

T: tablespoon = 10 g; 1 cup liquid = 200 mL; 1 cup solid = 80 g; one slice = 30 g; Plantain = 100 g; 1 Fruit = 200 g.