Healthy choices when eating out.
Diet & Nutrition | admin | July 17, 2009 at 11:53 pm
There are many restaurants which offer delicious, low-fat, and low-cholesterol foods and also unhealthy foods so it depends on you to choose, decide and order the best healthy meal. These tips and suggestions will help you make dining out healthy and enjoyable.
1.If you are new to the restaurant, take some time to go through the menu in order to avoid making unhealthy orders.
2.If you are familiar with the menu, please decide what to order before entering the restaurant .This method will certainly help you avoid any tempting foods that are unhealthy.
3.Ask the server to remove temptations (like butter) from the table.
4.See that before your food arrive at your table, drink two full glasses of water.
5.Avoid foods described in the following way: buttered, buttery, fried, pan fried, creamed, escalloped, au gratin (with cheese), or a la mode (with ice cream).
1.Order foods that are broiled, steamed, grilled, stir-fried, or roasted.
2.Order potatoes baked, boiled, or roasted instead of fried. Ask the server to leave off the butter and sour cream.
3.Order first so that you will not be influenced by other’s choices.
4.Choose seafood, chicken, or lean meat rather than fatty meals; remove all visible fat from any meat.
5.For appetizers, order broth-based soups such as minestrone or gazpacho.
6.Ask the server to substitute low fat foods for high fat foods. For example, ask for steamed vegetables instead of fries.
7.Ask the server about ingredients or preparation methods for the dishes you are not familiar with.
8.For dessert, order sorbet or fresh, seasonal fruit without whipped cream or a topping.
1.When choosing from the salad bar, avoid items like chopped eggs, grated cheese, prepar
ed salads, cream dressings,croutons and bacon bits.
2.Try to use a squeeze of lemon instead of dressing on salads.
3.If you opt for dressing on your salad, order the dressing on the side. Dip your salad fork into the dressing, then into the salad. You will consume less dressing if you get a taste of it on each mouthful of salad rather than pouring it over the salad.
Courtesy: My doctor magazine and webMD
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Great tips here, especially the one about drinking 2 glasses of water too. That should definately help you to reduce the amount of food you eat immediately.
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