Healthier choice: Restaurant Gyro meat or Chicken Schwarma?

GeauxL
GeauxL Posts: 57 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Going out to eat tonight & was wondering what the healthier (calorie & fat wise) protein would be. TIA

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  • debrakgoogins
    debrakgoogins Posts: 2,033 Member
    It's impossible to know without knowing the actual recipe used to make each and the weight of the servings but I would go with the chicken schwarma. Chicken schwarma is usually grilled chicken with tons of spices on it. Gyro meat will have more fat and it will be harder to pin down extra ingredients.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    I would say their nutrition profiles are pretty similar...the chicken will likely be somewhat leaner, but a lot is going to depend on the sauces.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
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    ;) Sorry, I'm hungry.
  • besmith11
    besmith11 Posts: 106 Member
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
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    ;) Sorry, I'm hungry.

    Cutting?
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    besmith11 wrote: »
    quiksylver296 wrote: »
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    ;) Sorry, I'm hungry.

    Cutting?

    How'd you guess?!? :laugh:
  • tarun_yadavA
    tarun_yadavA Posts: 1,368 Member
    Shwarma IMO
  • missysippy930
    missysippy930 Posts: 2,577 Member
    My question would be does the restaurant provide nutritional stats for their menu?
    If not, choose what you like, try logging it best as you can. Maybe eat 1/2 and save the rest for another meal if you don’t have enough calories.
    Personally, I’d choose the gyro meat and skip the pita. Just personal preference, I love lamb!
  • Mithridites
    Mithridites Posts: 600 Member
    My husband and I adore the mom&pop Lebanese place in our neighborhood.
    I choose shawarma instead of gyro and rice instead of fries and keep a close eye on the portion size of the sauces provided. The sandwich version is roughly half the calories of the dinner version, and I’ve found (to my surprise) that it’s sufficiently filling.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    GeauxL wrote: »
    Going out to eat tonight & was wondering what the healthier (calorie & fat wise) protein would be. TIA

    For calories it may be the chicken. I suppose it depends on portion sizes being equal and if they are served with the same sauces and toppings.
    I eat both foods so I would just choose what I felt like eating more.
  • lkpducky
    lkpducky Posts: 17,618 Member
    As far as fat content of chicken vs gyro meat, check if the chicken is light or dark meat - if it's dark meat, then the fat content would be higher (not sure how it would compare to the gyro meat though).
  • Johnd2000
    Johnd2000 Posts: 198 Member
    Can I ask, what the hell is “Gyro meat”?
  • Hamsibian
    Hamsibian Posts: 1,388 Member
    Johnd2000 wrote: »
    Can I ask, what the hell is “Gyro meat”?

    Meat that wants to be shawerma.

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