01.01.2014 Views

National Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Guidelines for Service Providers of ...

National Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Guidelines for Service Providers of ...

National Nutrition and HIV/AIDS Guidelines for Service Providers of ...

SHOW MORE
SHOW LESS

Create successful ePaper yourself

Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.

Table 2.1: Summary table <strong>for</strong> the food groups<br />

Food group<br />

Recommen<br />

-ded No.<strong>of</strong><br />

servings<br />

per day<br />

Serving size(1 serving)<br />

Examples <strong>of</strong> foods<br />

Rich in<br />

Cereals <strong>and</strong><br />

potatoes<br />

(starchy<br />

foods)<br />

6 to 11<br />

1 bread slice,<br />

1<br />

1 cup <strong>of</strong> ready-to-eat<br />

cereal food (e.g.<br />

cornflakes or other<br />

breakfast cereals)<br />

½ cup <strong>of</strong> cooked cereal<br />

e.g. rice, s<strong>of</strong>t porridge,<br />

samp<br />

1/3 cup stiff papa or stiff<br />

porridge<br />

1 cooked potato or sweet<br />

potato, medium<br />

Mabele (sorghum meal),<br />

maize meal, corn on the<br />

cob (mmidi wa<br />

ditlhotlha), rice, maize<br />

rice, bread, cornflakes or<br />

other breakfast cereals,<br />

pasta (e.g.<br />

spaghetti/macaroni),<br />

sweet potatoes,<br />

potatoes, lebelebele<br />

(millet), papa<br />

Energy from<br />

Carbohydrates<br />

, B vitamins:<br />

thiamine<br />

2<br />

(vitamin B1)<br />

<strong>and</strong> niacin<br />

(vitamin B3)<br />

Vegetables<br />

3 to 5<br />

1 cup <strong>of</strong> raw leafy<br />

vegetables, ½ cup cooked<br />

vegetable<br />

½ cup raw non leafy<br />

vegetable<br />

¾ cup or medium-sized<br />

glass <strong>of</strong> vegetable juice<br />

1 cereal bowl <strong>of</strong> salad<br />

3 heaped tablespoons <strong>of</strong><br />

peas<br />

Morogo wa dinawa (vigna<br />

unguiculata), rotho,<br />

thepe (amaranthus<br />

thunbergii), spinach,<br />

chomolia, cabbage,<br />

butternuts, broccoli,<br />

pumpkins, beetroots,<br />

tomatoes, lettuce,<br />

magapu (watermelons),<br />

marotse/makatane<br />

(melon), makgomane,<br />

etc. Also Fresh, frozen,<br />

dried or canned<br />

vegetables <strong>and</strong> vegetable<br />

juice are included.<br />

Vitamins,<br />

minerals <strong>and</strong><br />

fibre (or<br />

roughage).<br />

Fruits<br />

2 to 4<br />

A serving is approximately<br />

1 medium size fruit<br />

½ cup <strong>of</strong> chopped or<br />

canned fruit<br />

¼ cup dried fruit<br />

¾ cup or medium glass <strong>of</strong><br />

fruit juice<br />

Apple, banana, orange,<br />

pear, mango, moretlwa<br />

(grewia flava)<br />

mogorogorwana (monkey<br />

orange), peach, apricots,<br />

guava, morula<br />

(sclerocarya birrea),<br />

moretologa, mmilo (wild<br />

medilar), mmupudu (red<br />

milkwood), passion fruit,<br />

100% fruit juices, pure<br />

fruit juice smoothies,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Fresh, frozen, dried<br />

or canned fruits.<br />

Vitamins,<br />

minerals <strong>and</strong><br />

fibre (or<br />

roughage)<br />

1<br />

A Cup refers to one that can hold 250 ml water<br />

2<br />

Refer to Annex 2 <strong>for</strong> the function <strong>of</strong> nutrients<br />

6

Hooray! Your file is uploaded and ready to be published.

Saved successfully!

Ooh no, something went wrong!