Find out how to eat out healthily, good fast food does exist!

Eating out can entail an increase to your waistline, particularly when it happens often. The following advice can enable you to limit the damage.

• Don’t go on an empty stomach!
  Otherwise you risk eating peanuts, bread, crisps, etc. more quickly and in greater quantity. Before leaving, drink a cup of soup or eat a light salad.
• Tomato juice, a glass of champagne, a glass of sparkling wine or a glass of wine are the best alternatives to an aperitif such as port, kir, fruit juice based drinks, cocktails and other sugary drinks.
• Ask for sauces always to be served separately. You will eat less!
• Try to stick to one course. If you want more, choose vegetables.
• As far as possible choose only a main course, and possibly a soup or salad to start.  A cup of coffee to end the meal is just as enjoyable!  Beware desserts rich in calories!

• Starter:
  • Choose a fish dish.  Seafood, smoked salmon, tomato filled with shrimps (without too much mayonnaise!), a small prawn salad, etc.
  • Avoid fatty products such as prawn croquettes, pâté, foie gras and creamy dishes.
  • A light salad is ideal to start a meal healthily!  Beware calorific salads (e.g. with goats cheese and bacon).
  • You can have soup, but preferably a clear soup rather than a creamy one.  Don’t eat too much bread with it.
  • Melon with ham is also a very good choice. If you remove the rind of the ham, it is even better. You also get a portion of fruit for this!
• Main course:
  • Choose a preparation method that uses little fat, e.g.: steamed, grilled, poached.
  • Be aware when eating sauces, browned butter, fried food, cream, cheese sauces, gratins, breaded dishes, mince-based meals, puff pastry and shortcrust pastry that these often have a high calorie content.
  • Opt for fish, poultry or game.
  • Ask for sauce to be served on the side.
  • Order extra vegetables with your main course: a green salad or diced mixed vegetables. Ask even if they don’t appear on the menu!
  • Ask if you can have plain boiled potatoes or bread; if not, eat croquettes and chips in moderation

 

• Dessert:
  • Ideally, try not to have dessert. You could order a coffee instead and enjoy the biscuit that it is served with.
  • Opt for a fruit-based dessert.
  • You could order a sorbet. Sorbet does, of course, contain sugar, but no fat, unlike other desserts such as ice cream, chocolate mousse, crème brûlée, tiramisu, crêpes, etc.
  • Ask for your dessert to be served without cream.
  • Drink tea or coffee without cream and sugar.
  • Fans of Irish coffee: order a small coffee with a whisky!

 

If you are obliged to order from a set menu or are dining at a friend’s house and so don’t have a choice, or you haven’t been able to control your fat intake and have eaten a calorie-rich meal, XLS Medical can help. 

After consuming a fatty meal, taking 3 XLS Medical Fat Binder tablets prevents your body from absorbing 27% of fat consumed.

If you’re planning on eating a pizza or pasta, take 3 XLS Medical Carb Blocker tablets beforehand to prevent 66% of ingested carbs from being absorbed.

If you’re eating pasta in a cream sauce or a cheesy  pizza, the combination of XLS Medical Carb Blocker before you eat and XLS Medical Fat Binder after can help reduce the amount of calories consumed.