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Restaurant food

Looking for healthier restaurant food? Here’s what to consider. Many of our examples are from chain restaurants, but the advice should hold up almost anywhere.

How to order healthy restaurant meals

Whether it’s burgers, Thai, pizza, Italian, Mexican, Middle Eastern, or any other cuisine, restaurant foods are often too high in calories, white flour, saturated fat, salt, or sugar. Meanwhile, vegetables, fruits, and other healthy plant foods can be sparse.

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