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Next to every recipe in this cookbook, you will see a Pyramid Servings graphic with several rows of shaded and unshaded circles. These circles show how the dish stacks up against the Daily Servings Goals of the Mayo Clinic Health Weight Pyramid.
You won’t find daily servings goals for sweets, even though they’re at the Pyramid’s peak. (In a few of the recipes in this book, you will find a Sweets servings line, which simply indicates the presence of sweets in that particular recipe.) That’s because candies, cakes, and other goodies made with refined sugar or honey, and usually lots of fat, are high-calorie foods that are low in nutrients. In other words, they are empty calories. They are not off-limits. Satisfy your sweet tooth in moderation—up to an average of 75 calories a day. As an alternative, enjoy fresh fruit sometimes instead of prepared sweets or desserts.
