America’s Healthiest Restaurants

America’s Healthiest Restaurants

You work out. You watch what you eat. But you don’t want to have to prepare every meal at home for the sake of your health—nor should you have to. We surveyed chain restaurants and found 10 surprisingly healthy standouts. Hit our top 10 for whole foods, good-for-you fats, even green vegetables on—gasp!—the children’s menu. Read on for the winners, great fast-food options, plus, how to eat out without gaining a pound.

If you’re like us, you eat out more than ever—and, as nice as it is to not have to cook, those meals out can actually feel like work. How do you navigate the minefields of huge portions, hidden fats, and sky-high sodium levels?

You shouldn’t have to resign yourself to paying for restaurant meals with a future cardiac workup. You just need to know where to go to find healthy, fresh food. To that end, we went out into the world of sit-down restaurants, looking to separate the (whole) wheat from the chaff.

Backed by an advisory panel of experts in healthy dining (see Meet Our Experts, we sifted through 43 chains with more than 75 locations across the country and, frankly, were astonished by how many restaurants made no nutritional information available. But judge we did (see How We Ranked the Restaurants), those brave (and progressive) enough to share their numbers. What you hold in your hands are the 10 that stood at the top of the heap.

The Healthiest Places for You to Eat Out Our list of the best (and healthiest) casual dining spots.
The Healthiest Fast-Food Restaurants Grab-and-go fare has never been healthier. Here are the shining examples
Eat Out—Without Gaining a Pound Yes, truly. Here’s how.
The Best Independents These six restaurants take fresh, whole food to a whole new level.
And Now ... America's Not-So-Healthiest Restaurants The worst of the rest.