5 easy tricks a dietitian uses to stick to her diet when eating out

Trying to stay healthy? Eating out can be difficult. Dishes at restaurants are often designed to make us salivate with too much sugar or too much salt. They can be killer for your diet, depending on the dish or restaurant.

But eating out is about much more than food. It's about bonding with your friends and family, and keeping up your social life. Sometimes it can feel like being on a diet and eating out are mutually exclusive, but they don't have to be!

Business Insider spoke to Whitney Stewart, a registered dietitian from Whitness Nutrition who specializes in whole food diets, about eating out healthy. Here's how she does it: