Lindora® Lean for Life Menu Items
El Pollo Loco, a pioneer in offering consumers a wholesome alternative to traditional fast food, announced today its alliance with Lindora®, California’s number one medical weight control program, to provide healthy, great tasting meal choices that are Lean for Life Certified®.
El Pollo Loco is the first and only restaurant chain to receive Lindora's Lean for Life Certified stamp of approval, which guides the public in making healthy food choices. Certification is awarded only after careful nutritional analysis and cannot be purchased. Items bearing the Lindora Lean for Life Certified healthy heart logo are low calorie, low fat, moderate protein choices in accordance with guidelines set forth by the Lindora Medical Advisory Council.
Lindora patients will now be able to enjoy a number of El Pollo Loco menu items as part of their weight loss program, including El Pollo Loco’s Skinless Breast Meal, Garden Salad (without tortilla strips and served with salsa) and delicious Chicken Tortilla Soup.
El Pollo Loco’s Skinless Breast Meal features a skinless, flame-grilled chicken breast with fresh steamed vegetables, garden salad and freshly prepared salsa. The complete meal contains only 270 calories, 10 grams of fat and 12 grams of carbohydrates.
El Pollo Loco’s Chicken Tortilla Soup combines plenty of El Pollo Loco’s signature flame-grilled chicken in a delicious chicken broth with sliced carrots, celery and roasted corn. It is topped with fresh cilantro and Cotija cheese for a truly authentic experience. A 10 oz. serving has only 140 calories, 6 grams of fat and 8 grams of carbohydrates.
“We are thrilled that Lindora patients can now enjoy Lean for Life Certified meals at El Pollo Loco restaurants,” explains Ginger Silverman, vice president of marketing for Lindora. “Healthy menu selections, like those found at El Pollo Loco, can positively impact our patients’ weight loss success because they satisfy their desire for healthy, delicious food that’s also quick and convenient,” Silverman adds.
El Pollo Loco has a longstanding commitment to healthful eating. The chain’s fresh, natural chicken is marinated in a special blend of herbs, spices and fruit juices and then cooked over an open grill, a technique that contributes superior flavor without adding fat and calories.
Lindora Medical Clinics is a multi-faceted, medically supervised program combining diet, moderate exercise and motivational tools to help patients become lean for life. Emphasizing an “eat better, move more, stress less” philosophy, Lindora helps 4,000 patients each day at its Southern California Clinics and thousands more through its cyber-clinics, workplace program, books, products and telephone coaching. Lindora is a member of the Partnership for Healthy Weight Management, a coalition comprised of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Federal Trade Commission, Center for Disease Control and the National Institutes of Health. For more information about “Staying Lean for Life,” Lindora Medical Clinics or the nonprofit Lean for Life Foundation, call (800) LINDORA or visit http://www.lindora.com.
