When attempting to lose or maintain body weight, any positive help that you can receive plays a vital role in helping you achieve your body fat and body weight goals. Portion control plates and dishes are and should form a very important part of the external aids that immensely help you control both the quantum and quality of food you eat.

Role of portion control plates and dishes

Modern lifestyle has resulted in people spending less time cooking their meals and more time eating at restaurants or opting for ready-to-eat meals. In both cases, the quantities of food served or packaged is more than that required by an adult.

Additionally, commercially prepared food is often spiced up by adding natural or artificial ingredients that make the food tastier and immensely satisfying. Add to this the TV or other external stimulus, and we end up paying scant regard to the food we are consuming.

Further complicating the issue is the fact that food prepared or packaged commercially, rarely adheres to USDA norms for a balanced diet.

No wonder then that people not only end up eating more than they should be, they eat a highly imbalanced diet.

As the name suggests, diet portion control plate and dishes, visually and physically help you control the quantum and type of food on the plate. It does this through physical size of the plate (typically 9 inches in diameter), and through demarcations on the plate. The portion control plates and dishes are demarcated into three sections; proteins and cereals, vegetables and the third section is for fruit. This is in accordance with USDA recommendations on balanced diet.

When you pile food onto a relatively small 9-inch plate, it quickly fills up and prevents you from piling up more food. The demarcations act as a reminder that your plate should contain foods from all the food groups.

Through control in the quantum and type of food you eat, the portion control plates and dishes help you achieve your weight loss or body weight maintenance goals.

The making of portion control plates and dishes

Food Portion control plates and dishes are made from food grade plastic, melamine, glass or porcelain. Portion control plates and dishes made from plastic are obviously the cheapest but last the least and are also the least attractive. At the other end of the scale are the portion control dishes and plates made from porcelain.

Porcelain portion control plates and dishes are high-gloss, scratch and chip resistant, finely crafted products that are also dishwasher safe. Besides being a highly useful tool in your battle with the bulge, porcelain portion control plates and dishes add to the elegance of your kitchen as well as diabetes portion plate

Most manufacturers of portion control plates and dishes also include disposable paper mats that have useful information printed on them. This information guides you on the use of the Porcelain portion control plates and dishes and may also contain helpful information on portion sizes and nutrition. The printed information along with the portion control plates and dishes are of immense help in ensuring you eat right and thereby in achieving your weight loss or weight maintenance goals.