Philosophical Vegan Forum

Hey everyone! So one thing I have always disliked about the USDA dietary guidelines is that they typically put the serving sizes in cup amounts. But I prefer being as accurate as possible and it just annoys me that something like a serving of potatoes, according to to the USDA, is a cup of cubed or mashed potatoes. First of all, there is clearly more mass in a cup of mashed potatoes compared to a cup of cubed potatoes. And depending on the size of the cubes there will be a variations in the mass of those as well. I know, here in America, normal everyday people are not used to the metric system. But giving servings in grams would be so much more accurate, I feel. So all of this to ask, does anyone know if the USDA has a chart of there serving recommendations in grams? Or people from a country that uses the metric system, could you give me a link to your countries guidelines for servings of various foods? Thanks!!!

I think they do, or somebody does. Cronometer has the approximate conversions in its system. If you put something in as cups, then you change the measure to grams it will convert automatically. I just use that personally, but I wouldn't trust it 100%.

You can also do the conversion yourself one time (like with beans), by measuring once by volume to make sure the gram reading in cronometer is right.