Even students on a diet can find something to eat at Noodles & Company.
Making a New Year’s resolution is great, but the trick is actually sticking to it. And just because you’re back at school, that doesn’t mean you have to go back to eating unhealthy — plenty of College Park restaurants, like Noodles & Company, offer nutritious options.
People most often cut back calories and fat when they’re on a diet. Luckily for anyone who doesn’t want to miss out on Noodles, the restaurant tells you which dishes you should look for.
If you are watching calories, Noodles has dozens of choices that are 500 calories or less. Of course, a large part of watching calories or fat is portion control. Most of the healthier options are the small portion as opposed to the regular, but that’s still plenty of food.
For people watching for fat content, you’re looking for how many grams of trans or saturated fat there are in a dish. Many of Noodle’s dishes have 0 grams of the artificial trans fat and about one third of the menu has 10 grams of fat or less. Again, the dishes listed are generally the smaller portion.
Noodles is also working to reduce sodium from dishes in a way that won’t affect the taste. It does have dishes that have 700 mg of sodium or less. Even if you aren’t specifically watching your sodium intake, it’s something to keep in mind.
If the tips on the website aren’t helpful enough, Noodles has a full nutrition facts list for every dish. It tells you stats about calories, calories from fat, fat total, saturated fat, trans fatty acids, cholesterol, sodium, total carbohydrates, dietary fiber, sugars and proteins.
Delicious food that’s diet-friendly? What more could you ask for?
