Meal plan for an adult (SEDENTARY) Table . Balanced diet for infants, children, and adolescents (number of portions) *Quantity indicates top milk. For breastfed infants, ml top milk is required. One portion of the pulse may be exchanged with one portion (50g) of egg/meat/chicken/fish Source: Dietary Guidelines for Indians - A Manual by Kamala Krishnaswamy, B.
Sesikeran (Second Edition ), NIN, ICMR .Making the menu The foods that are listed in step II are converted into the actual recipes and distributed in different meals like breakfast, lunch, evening tea and dinner. Unit RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCE AND MEAL - - RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES AND MEAL PLANNING . Food Exchange Each food group has similar food items that have been placed together in one food group. Therefore, if we substitute one food for the other in the same group, we will be able to get almost the same nutrients.
For example, ‘X’ takes one glass of milk and roti in breakfast, ‘Y’ eats poha (rice flakes)and one Katori of curd whereas ‘Z’ eats one fresh cheese (paneer) sandwich. Looking at their food selection, all of them take milk or its product along with cereals and get approximately the same nutrients. So we can say that substitution of one food item with the other within a group in such a way that the nutrients provided by them are approximately the same is called ‘Food Exchange’. Substitution of one food item with the other in such a way that the nutrients provided by them are the same is called “Food exchange”.
= = = = = = Milk glass of milk = egg = medium size katori meat = big katori pulses = big katori curd = / cup of paneer = cups of butter milk Egg Meat Pulses Curd Paneer Butter Milk Protein Rich Foods