Ways to Accomplish Healthy Eating in Restaurants
After battling a stress filled non-stop day a lot of people like the convenience of a fast food place or restaurant to eat dinner.
Beware of the pitfalls to your wallet and waistline however.
Granted eating out does not need to be expensive or calorie inducing but you need to be constantly aware of the foods that are put before you.
Let's talk about a few tricks for healthy eating in restaurants.
Restaurants often serve food with high salt and preservative content.
Of course restaurant food tastes better than the food we prepare at home.
Why is this? For one thing we did not cook it,someone else did.
Unfortunately the real reason is that most restaurants and fast food places use flavor enhancers and sodium style preservatives to improve their flavor.
The downside is these flavor enhancers make us retain fluids causing our bodies to bloat and they also add more bad cholesterol to our bodies.
How to eat healthy while at the restaurant If you listen to some nutritionists the beginning and the end of your meal will be the worst time for unhealthy choices.
Dressings high in calories,soups made with a cream base, and high sugar deserts are the problems.
So saying here are some tips to consider the next time you go to a restaurant.
1: Beware of all you can eat places.
Since you can not take home leftovers people tend to try and get "their monies worth" at one sitting.
2: Most servings are larger at a restaurant When dining out plan on taking a "Doggie Bag" home with you.
This way you can stretch those calories between two meals instead of just one saving money and inches on your waist.
3: Order soups with a broth base instead of a cream base.
I mentioned this earlier.
Obviously the healthiest soup will be vegetable soup.
Just watch out for all the salt and preservatives they add to increase flavor 4: Green Salads are the healthiest The trick here is to order oil and vinegar "on the side" instead of those fattening cream based dressings 5: K.
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-Keep It Simple Sweetheart Opt for broiled or baked foods instead of heading to the fried food sections.
Foods fried in canola are slightly better than other fried foods but why take the chance.
Steak, Poultry and Fish are just as tasty when prepared correctly than having to fry everything.
Steam your vegetables to help preserve the crunch a vitamin content of them.
Don't over steam.
By keeping your choices plain and using these tips above your next outing to a restaurant can be a healthy taste filled one.
Who says there are no ways towards healthy eating in restaurants?
Beware of the pitfalls to your wallet and waistline however.
Granted eating out does not need to be expensive or calorie inducing but you need to be constantly aware of the foods that are put before you.
Let's talk about a few tricks for healthy eating in restaurants.
Restaurants often serve food with high salt and preservative content.
Of course restaurant food tastes better than the food we prepare at home.
Why is this? For one thing we did not cook it,someone else did.
Unfortunately the real reason is that most restaurants and fast food places use flavor enhancers and sodium style preservatives to improve their flavor.
The downside is these flavor enhancers make us retain fluids causing our bodies to bloat and they also add more bad cholesterol to our bodies.
How to eat healthy while at the restaurant If you listen to some nutritionists the beginning and the end of your meal will be the worst time for unhealthy choices.
Dressings high in calories,soups made with a cream base, and high sugar deserts are the problems.
So saying here are some tips to consider the next time you go to a restaurant.
1: Beware of all you can eat places.
Since you can not take home leftovers people tend to try and get "their monies worth" at one sitting.
2: Most servings are larger at a restaurant When dining out plan on taking a "Doggie Bag" home with you.
This way you can stretch those calories between two meals instead of just one saving money and inches on your waist.
3: Order soups with a broth base instead of a cream base.
I mentioned this earlier.
Obviously the healthiest soup will be vegetable soup.
Just watch out for all the salt and preservatives they add to increase flavor 4: Green Salads are the healthiest The trick here is to order oil and vinegar "on the side" instead of those fattening cream based dressings 5: K.
I.
S.
S.
-Keep It Simple Sweetheart Opt for broiled or baked foods instead of heading to the fried food sections.
Foods fried in canola are slightly better than other fried foods but why take the chance.
Steak, Poultry and Fish are just as tasty when prepared correctly than having to fry everything.
Steam your vegetables to help preserve the crunch a vitamin content of them.
Don't over steam.
By keeping your choices plain and using these tips above your next outing to a restaurant can be a healthy taste filled one.
Who says there are no ways towards healthy eating in restaurants?