NUTRITION:  The Art of Good Eating

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Phosphorus
Basics For Your Bones

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If you like, you can mix and match them to make up your one serving a day. For example, suppose you chose milk, bran cereal, and beans. Your menu for one day might be (high-phosphorus foods are capitalized):
MORNING PHOSPHORUS SERVINGS

Coffee
Grapefruit juice
Fried eggs
Toast with margarine
BRAN CEREAL (1/2 c)
MILK (1/4 c)



1/2 serving
1/4 serving
NOON

Lemonade
Tuna sandwich
Carrot sticks
Sugar cookies

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EVENING

Iced tea
Chili with BEANS
   (includes 1/4 c beans)
Cornbread with margarine
Green salad with dressing
Lemon meringue pie
1/4 serving
TOTAL PHOSPHORUS FOR THE DAY: 1 serving    
This sample menu uses the foods chosen in smaller servings without going over the daily limit of one serving of a high-phosphorus food a day.


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