The Malaysian Food Guide Pyramid & The Determination of Serving Size

As an introduction to this blog, I will share with you the Malaysian Food Guide Pyramid. Check out the following image:

From: the Nutrition Society of Malaysia (http://www.nutriweb.org.my/).

Actually, what does serving size mean? Is a cup of rice count as 1 serving? If it is the case, how large should the size of the cup be?

Here are a few useful guidelines established by the Canada's Food Guide:

So, to answer the question just now, 1 cup of cooked rice is equivalent to 2 servings or 250 ml of cooked rice. And, the Malaysia Food Guide Pyramid recommends 4 - 8 servings of grains (cooked rice is one of them) per day or 500ml - 1000ml of grains per day. 

500ml is about the size of a small regular bottle water ... 

That's all for the introduction. I hope that all the readers find this post helpful.

Lastly, the recommendations from this blog are intended for those who are healthy and intended to stay healthy.