Healthy takeout in DC?

[Anonymous]

I’m trying to eat low-fat, but I’m getting busy at work and don’t have a lot of time to cook. Are there any restaurants in DC that do reliably low-fat dishes? A lot of places don’t post nutrition info at all.

Some “healthy” places (ie “plant based” etc.) don’t seem too diet friendly. I ordered from Chaia Tacos tonight and it was a little greasier than I’d hoped. Sweetgreen is actually great, nutrition wise, but I’m quickly getting sick of it.

I remember Chinese restaurants used to offer “diet” menus that had like steamed vegetables/chicken and light sauces, but I can’t seem to find that now.

[Anonymous]

I like Cava. I never get dips or dressing. The seasoning on the protein and vegetables is enough.

[Anonymous]

I agree with Cava.

Or you could look into Vegetable + Butcher— that might be good for your situation if you know you don’t have time to cook. They are pretty good about having good, healthy meals.

[Anonymous]

Pho.

[Anonymous]

Chinese restaurants still offer steamed meat and veggie meals--Great Wall on 14th St. does, and so do lots other takeout type places. Nando's has all its nutrition facts posted, and so do Cava and Roti and Chopt. Or you could do frozen meals and other prepared food (yogurt, precooked hardboiled eggs) from a grocery store and add some extra fruit or vegetables if you like.

[Anonymous]

Farm Bird

[Anonymous]

You didn’t ask, but don’t eat “low-fat”.
Nutrition advice to eat low-fat was bad.
The really bad things for you are processed food esp processed carbs.

Cut triscuits and crackers and cereal and bread before you cut out fat. (Some balance is needed. But fat is not the enemy, despite the nutrition industry getting this egregiously wrong in the past.)

[Anonymous]

Translation of above:

Greasy tacos are more healthy for you than a sandwich or a big pile of rice.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with Cava.

Or you could look into Vegetable + Butcher— that might be good for your situation if you know you don’t have time to cook. They are pretty good about having good, healthy meals.

Np. I got food poisoning from them!

[Anonymous]

Vegetable and butcher meal delivery is awesome!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You didn’t ask, but don’t eat “low-fat”.
Nutrition advice to eat low-fat was bad.
The really bad things for you are processed food esp processed carbs.

Cut triscuits and crackers and cereal and bread before you cut out fat. (Some balance is needed. But fat is not the enemy, despite the nutrition industry getting this egregiously wrong in the past.)

“Processed” meaning what??? People throw that word around, but as far as I can tell they just mean “anything that isn’t endorsed by Instagram models and Goop.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Farm Bird

+1! I wish their menu was a bit bigger, but what they do offer is fantastic. Nutrient dense, flavorful, friendly to pretty much any diet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You didn’t ask, but don’t eat “low-fat”.
Nutrition advice to eat low-fat was bad.
The really bad things for you are processed food esp processed carbs.

Cut triscuits and crackers and cereal and bread before you cut out fat. (Some balance is needed. But fat is not the enemy, despite the nutrition industry getting this egregiously wrong in the past.)

“Low carb = best” is far, far from the accepted consensus in the medical/ nutrition community. And I have yet to meet someone who achieved lasting weight loss through strict carb limits. (In fact, medical literature widely says effects of low-carb dieting disappear within 12 to 24 months.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You didn’t ask, but don’t eat “low-fat”.
Nutrition advice to eat low-fat was bad.
The really bad things for you are processed food esp processed carbs.

Cut triscuits and crackers and cereal and bread before you cut out fat. (Some balance is needed. But fat is not the enemy, despite the nutrition industry getting this egregiously wrong in the past.)

“Low carb = best” is far, far from the accepted consensus in the medical/ nutrition community. And I have yet to meet someone who achieved lasting weight loss through strict carb limits. (In fact, medical literature widely says effects of low-carb dieting disappear within 12 to 24 months.)

I've kept the weight off for 25 years, but maybe for less disciplined people low carb is a fail.

[Anonymous]

Moby Dick. Get one of the salads and a chicken or salmon kabob. Stay away from the rice and limit yourself to half a piece of bread.