A Pilot Study on Dietary Approaches in Multiethnicity: Two Methods Compared

Table 1

Example of two diets on 1800 kilocalories.

	Standard meal plan		Ethnic meal plan
	Meal	Porzion size	Meal	Porzion size
Breakfast	Milk, skimmed	1 cup	Yogurt, skimmed	1
	White bread	1 slice	Crackers	4 slices
Snack	Apple	1	Mango	1
Lunch	Pasta	1 cup	Cous cous	1 cup
	Vegetables	1/2 cup	Vegetables	1/2 cup
	Meat	100 g	Poultry	3/4
			Bread without yeast	1 slices
	Olive oil	2 T	Sunflower oil	2 T
Snack	Yogurt, skim	1	Banana	1
	White bread	1 slice	Yogurt, skim	1
Dinner	Soup with:		Soup with:
	Pasta	1/2 cup	Beans	1/2 cup
	Parmesan	1 T	Potatoes	One small
			Lentils	1/2 cup
	White bread	2 slice	Plantain	one
	Vegetables	1/2 cup	Vegetables	1/2 cup
	Mozzarella	100 g
	Olive oil	2 T	Olive oil	2 T
Snack at bedtime	Milk, skimmed	1 cup	Yogurt, skimmed	1
	White bread	1 slice	Crackers	2 slices

T: tablespoon = 10 g; 1 cup liquid = 200 mL; 1 cup solid = 80 g; one slice = 30 g; Plantain = 100 g; 1 Fruit = 200 g.