Vegetables nestled in wraps are healthy, but their bedfellows may not be. With vegetables inside, they must be pretty healthy. Others, however, can have as much fat and as many calories as a fast-food hamburger. Whether you call them wraps, wrappers, roll-ups, twisters, or pita rolls, these burrito cousins are all wonderful alternatives to traditional fast food, as long as you choose carefully. Portion size is another concern.
Some restaurants serve wraps big enough to feed a small army.
If your waiter sets a gigantic wrap in front of you, split it with a friend, or eat half and save the other half for tomorrow's lunch. To sidestep all those calories, ask the restaurant to hold the mayo, or ask for sauce to be served on the side. With exotic ingredients like hummus, Creole shrimp, jasmine rice, roasted red peppers, or Cajun chicken, wraps can wake up our dulled taste buds with a variety of new and interesting ethnic flavors. Just watch what's in them. She is an advisory board member for Shape magazine, editor in chief of Nutrition Alert, and frequently appears on national television shows, such as Later Today, Good Morning America, and The Today Show.