Fast-food chains get a bad rap, especially when what you order brings on a food coma posthaste. While we know that what you eat for lunch affects your productivity for the rest of the day, this doesn't mean you have to rule out convenience for the sake of healthy choices.
Plenty of chains offer meal options that are heavy on the protein and healthy fats and easy on the carbs and bad fats, which is just what you need to avoid the 3 p.m. slump, says Lisa DeFazio, a healthy-lifestyle expert and registered dietitian.
Take Chipotle: An oversize burrito is probably not the best thing for your productivity, but bowls and other less-carb-heavy options with lots of protein and healthy fats like avocado will give you just what you need to feed your brain without overdoing it, DeFazio says.
DeFazio recommends these healthy fast-food lunch options that will keep you from passing out at your desk:
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Chipotle
Three soft tacos with steak or chicken, fajita vegetables, guacamole, and green tomatillo salsa
Protein: 39 grams
Carbs: 57 grams
Healthy fat: 28 grams
Bad fat: 8.5 grams
Nutritional content may vary and is based on company guide.
Burrito bowl with steak or chicken, brown rice, black beans, fajita veggies, guacamole, and green salsa
Protein: 44 grams
Carbs: 76 grams
Healthy fat: 29 grams
Bad fat: 6.5 grams
Nutritional content may vary and is based on company guide.
Salad with lettuce, chicken or steak, black beans, fajita vegetables, and chipotle-honey vinaigrette
Protein: 39.5 grams
Carbs: 48 grams
Healthy fat: 26.5
Bad fat: 6.5
Nutritional content may vary and is based on company guide.
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