The word exchange refers to the food items on each list which may be substituted with any other food item on the same list. One exchange is approximately equal to another in carbohydrate, calories, protein and fat within each food list.
What is a food exchange?
In the food exchange system, foods are grouped into food lists according to their carbohydrate, protein, and fat content. Foods within each list contain similar amounts of total calories, carbohydrate, protein, and fat. Your dietitian can help you identify how many servings you need for your meal plan.
What are exchanges in recipes?
One vegetable exchange is equal to ½ cup of cooked vegetables or 1 cup raw. Some vegetables, such as dried beans, corn, peas and potatoes are high in starch so they are counted as bread exchanges rather than vegetables.
What is food exchange give an example?
A person can exchange the food item in the serving that belong to the same food group like carbohydrates, protein, fats and vitamins. For example a fruit with high sugar content can be replaced with the low sugar content food, may be useful for a diabetic patient for example a mango can be replaced by mulberry.
What's the exchange system?
The Exchange System groups together foods that have roughly the same amounts of calories, carbohydrate, fat and protein into "Exchange" groups, so that one may be exchanged for another. There are six main categories of foods: Starch/Bread, Meat and Meat Substitutes, Vegetables, Fruit, Milk and Fat.
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