El Pollo Loco is First to Offer Lean for Life Certified Choices.IRVINE, Calif. -- The Flame-Grilled Chicken Leader Makes It Easy for Lindora(R) Patients to Follow Their Weight Control Program with Tasty Menu Offerings That Are Lean for Life Certified(R) El Pollo Loco El Pollo Loco is a fast-food restaurant chain and Mexican grilled chicken franchise. "El Pollo Loco" is Spanish for "The Crazy Chicken". Juan Francisco Ochoa started the restaurant in Guasave, Mexico, in 1975. Inc., a pioneer in offering consumers a wholesome whole·some adj. whole·som·er, whole·som·est 1. Conducive to sound health or well-being; salutary: simple, wholesome food; a wholesome climate. 2. alternative to traditional fast food, announced today its alliance with Lindora(R), California's number one medical weight control program, to provide healthy, great tasting meal choices that are Lean for Life Certified(R). El Pollo Loco is the first 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 Pollo Choice Meal, Monterrey Pollo Salad(TM) and Garden Salad A garden salad is a salad consisting of lettuce and simple vegetables found in a small vegetable garden such as tomatoes, carrots, onions, and dressing. (without tortilla strips and served with salsa). El Pollo Loco's Pollo Choice Meal features a skinless, flame-grilled chicken breast with fresh steamed vegetables, garden salad and freshly prepared salsa. The complete meal contains only 344 calories, 16 grams of fat and 16 grams of carbohydrates. The Monterrey Pollo Salad features a warm, flame-grilled chicken breast sliced over a bed of crisp, cool Romaine lettuce with roasted corn poblano po·bla·no n. A cultivar of the tropical pepper (Capsicum annum) having a mild or fairly pungent dark green, thick-skinned fruit used in cooking. , Cotija cheese This article is about the variety of cheese. For other uses, see Cotija. Cotija cheese, or queso añejado (Spanish: "aged cheese"), is a hard cow's milk cheese which originates in Mexico. It is named after the town of Cotija, Michoacán. and pico de gallo Pico de gallo (Spanish for "rooster's beak") is the term generally referring to a fresh condiment made from chopped tomato, onion, and chiles (typically serranos or jalapeños). salsa. Served with a side of lite creamy cilantro dressing, it weighs in at only 258 calories and just 13 grams of fat and 17 grams of carbohydrates. "We are thrilled that Lindora patients can now enjoy Lean for Life Certified meals at El Pollo Loco restaurants," explained 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 added. El Pollo Loco has a longstanding commitment to healthful health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. health  ful·ness n. eating. The company begins with fresh chicken that is marinated in a special blend Special Blend is a morning radio show airing weekdays from 7 AM to 10 AM on the community-based campus radio station CKCU-FM in Ottawa, Canada. The show is entirely produced by volunteers; each of the 15 weekly programming hours is hosted by a different volunteer, with of herbs, spices and fruit juices. The chicken is then slowly 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 Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, 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. El Pollo Loco Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. with headquarters in Irvine with more than 320 restaurants (a combination of company- and franchise-owned locations) in California, Arizona, Nevada and Texas. For more information, visit the company's Web site at www.elpolloloco.com. |
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