Healthiest and Unhealthiest Chain Restaurant Foods

What Are the Healthiest and Unhealthiest Chain Restaurant Foods?

Here’s a quick and easy guide to show you what the healthiest and unhealthiest meals are at some of your favourite restaurants. In most restaurants, you will be able to pick a main meal and a starter for less than 1,000. Make sure when eating out that you are assessing all your options and not picking the first thing you see. If conscious and sensible whilst eating out, the meal can fit into your healthy calorie intake. Yo Sushi Healthy: Yo Sushi – Okonomiyaki – Calories: 146 Unhealthy: Yo Sushi - Popcorn Shrimp – Calories: 560 Not only can you pick and choose from a delicious menu of Asian flavours but with many fish plates coming in at the 90 calorie mark it’s an easy choice for an easy snack. Nandos Healthy: Nandos Salad – Calories: 188 Unhealthy: Beanie burger & Chips – Calories: 750 Pizza Express Unhealthy: Pizza express- Leggera American Hot – Calories: 500 Healthy: Classic Italian Antipasto – Calories: 164 If you’re heading here for a delicious dinner, opt for the Leggera range. At under 500 calories a piece you can enjoy a classic pizza. Zizzi's Healthy: Chianti Shoulder of lamb – Calories: 600 Unhealthy: Strozzapreti Pesto Rossos – Calories: 1181 Pasta isn't always a no-no on a diet but if you want to stay away from pasta, Zizzi's scrumptious Chianti shoulder of lamb comes in at under 600 calories a portion. Bella Italia Healthy: Bella Italian – Carbonara – Calories: 600 Unhealthy: Bella Italian – Speck E Rucola Pizza - Calories: 1000 If you pick the right things you are able to have a starter and a main meal for less than 1,000 calories to fit into a healthy daily calorie intake. Wagamamas Healthy: Wagamams - Coconut, Ginger and Lemongrass Stir Fry – Calories: 166 Unhealthy : Wagamamas – Chicken katsu curry - Calories: 1149 The Asian restaurant boasts hundreds of low calorie, low-fat options that are packed full of flavour. Although do be careful as it’s easy to ruin the diet from their famous Katsu curry. TGI's Healthy: TGI’s - Chicken Caesar Salad with Grilled Chicken (Lunch portion) with Caesar Dressing – Calories: 410 Unhealthy: TGI’s – Burger and chips – Calories: 1700 Wetherspoons  Healthy: Butternut squash soup – Calories: 544 Unhealthy: Curry – Calories: 1000 GBK Healthy: Cam & Cranberry Chicken Burger – Calories: 661 Unhealthy: Ribs and onion rings – Calories: 1100   It can be difficult when eating out to decide on a healthy option and to not take a meal out as a cheat meal. Use this as a guide so that you never feel like you have to miss out on eating out. If you enjoy cooking, take a look at some of our recipes for healthy meals to cook at home (here). Click here for more information on the The Slimming Clinic and to find out how we work. (here)