You know that guy that you hang out with at trivia night...but pretty much nowhere else. The guy who knows only the useless information that kills at trivia night but is otherwise useless in everyday life. Well, I think I have some useless information trapped in my head as well, and here it is:
"One serving of strawberries equals 152 grams of strawberries."
That fun fact gets me nowhere in my day-to-day. Because I don't know what the heck 152 grams of strawberries looks like. I do know what a baseball looks like though. I can even grab a handful of strawberries and get a sense of whether I'm holding a baseball-size amount in no time. Visual cues like the baseball bring can provide a practical and actionable twist to an otherwise impossibly complicated subject like nutrition. Here are three infographics that I use to understand serving sizes in everyday life.
