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