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RICE &
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SUBSTITUTES
5 cup Rice camote cup Rce pc bread
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MEAT
120g 60g 120g
SUBSTITUTES
10 Fish chicken Fish
VEGETABLES 2 1 2 0
1 1 1
6 cup boiled veg cup Fresh Veg cup boiled veg
FRUITS 1 1 1 0
1 1 8
3 pc Apple pc Orange pcs Grapes
MILK
0 0 0 1
1
1 Low Fat Milk
FATS 1 0 0 0
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1 tsp Olive Oil
195 g Carbs 0 0 62 36 62 35
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MEAL PLAN INSTRUCTION GUIDE
Your meal plan contains the prescribed diet and breakdown of food exchanges per meal according to calorie needs.
To use this meal plan, exchanges can be convert to the equivalent amount and size of food items from the Food Exchange List.
The Food Exchange List (FEL) is a nutrition guide booklet use for meal planning. It enables food selection when following modified or therapeutic
diet. Food items were grouped to other food items that provides similar amount of calories and macronutrients with varied amounts, measurements
and sizes.
One (1) exchange of a food item can be only exchange (substitute) to variety of food items from the same food group.
Simplified Food Exchange List can be provided by your Dietitian together with this Meal Plan.
The Food Group column contains the total amount of exchanges (big numbers) in a day. Food exchanges (numbers in the small boxes) must
be distributed in the meals and snacks throughout the day.
The exchanges in the small box need to multiply to the amount or size of a food item in the FEL to be substitute or exchange to get the exact
amount needed in a particular meal.
( 1 exchange x ½ cup rice = ½ cup rice ) provides 100 kcal, 23 g carbohydrates, 2 g protein, * g fat.
An ideal meal plan must be individualized, not so restricted or depriving, suitable to the needs and medical condition, inexpensive, available and
accessible, and shall consider the usual intake or dietary habits that can be modify with therapeutic diet. Therefore, patient can still select and enjoy
the usual food they want in moderation without being deprived or compromised as compare to a very strict diet. Again, avoid too much restricted diet,
and must be properly guided by a licensed Dietitian.
Prepared by Dietitian:
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