New MyPlate Tool: Get Your MyPlate Plan

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Written By Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

MyPlate now has a tool called "Get Your MyPlate Plan."You can enter your age, sex, height, weight, and activity level and then find out how many calories you should eat in one day to keep your weight the same.My calorie level came back as 2000.With the click of a button I was able to see how many servings I should get each day from each of the 5 MyPlate groups:It is easy to keep making a healthy plate and getting a variety of foods from the five food groups each day. If you follow this tool you can get a widget to put on your site so you can encourage your audience to find out their calorie goal and to find out how to calculate the daily goal for each of the five food groups from MyPlate.Here is a daily menu that would incorporate all of these items.The five group plan:

  1. 2 fruits: eat one at breakfast and one for dessert.
  2. 2.5 cups of veggies: If you eat a big (3 cups salad = 1.5 cups of veggies) salad for lunch and a quarter plate of veggies (1 cup) at dinner you will get them all in!
  3. 6 ounces of grains: have a couple ounces at every meal and you are there
  4. 3 cups of milk or yogurt: for breakfast, dinner, and dessert
  5. 5.5 ounces of protein: lunch and dinner.

The meal plan:

  • Oatmeal with apple slices and skim milk
  • Large salad, with beans or chicken, and whole grain crackers or toast for lunch
  • Fish, brown rice, fresh broccoli, and a glass of skim milk for dinner
  • Strawberries and yogurt for dessert.

The link to the widget is here. Or use this one: [shopify embed_type="collection" shop="nutrition-education-store.myshopify.com" product_handle="myplate-plates"]

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII

Judy Doherty, MPS, PCII discovered her love of cooking at her grandmother's side, stirring raisin oatmeal on a Saturday morning. By 15 she had her first food service job. At 18 she was accepted to the Culinary Institute of America, where she graduated second in her class, then went on to the Fachschule Richemont in Switzerland to study pastry arts and baking. A decade with Hyatt Hotels followed before she founded Food and Health Communications with a single conviction: food that is good for you should taste extraordinary.

Judy holds a Master of Professional Studies in Food Business from the Culinary Institute of America, a Bachelor of Science in Culinary Arts from Johnson and Wales University (Summa Cum Laude), two art certificates from UC Berkeley Extension, and the CIA's Pro Chef II certification. She has earned the American Culinary Federation Bronze Medal, Gold Medal, and ACF Chef of the Year award.

Today she develops every recipe on this site, shoots and styles food through her food photography and motion studio, and publishes nutrition education materials for dietitians, schools, extension offices, and health professionals through nutritioneducationstore.com. She uses the latest nutritional science and Dietary Guidelines to drive her creativity — whether that means a new twist on fajitas or Italian brownies made with toasted nuts and cooked honey. Her mission has never changed: help everyone make food that tastes as good as it is for them.

https://nutritioneducationstore.com
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