Many restaurants offer diet menus! Restaurants such as Panera Bread, McDonalds, Applebee's, and On The Border all offer diet menus! Usually whenever you go into a restaurant, you can ask the waiter for a diet menu if one is not already provided to you!
Foods for diet menus are for people who are on diets or people who are focused on having healthier options at restaurants. Diet menus give people more selection and options.
I would assume that most restaurants would menus would contain items suitable for a diabetic diet. Portion control is the most important factor for this particular diet.
Not all restaurants carry diabetic diet menus. However, most waiters and waitresses should be prepared to outline many diabetic dishes on the menu. All you need to do is ask.
Acacia, Asian Bistro, Brewer's Alley, Firestone's Culinary Tavern, La Paz, Mariachi Restaurant, Mexicali Cantina, Subway (Market Street and Seventh Street locations) and Wegmans all offer diabetic diet menus.
Some restaurants do offer diabetic menus. If not, the best way is to do a quick diabetic exchange and order the food based on the diabetic exchange. A lot of restaurants willing to alter their recipe to suite the customer request. The best way is to call and check if they offer such a service.
Most of the menus have a large selection of salads and other non meat choices. Most also offer some dairy and seafood.
Many menus in restaurants have recently begun to add icons such as "organic, low calorie, vegan, diabetic-safe, and no preservatives." It is a new thing that can greatly guide people with eating disorders.
There are indeed. This website link contains a list of such restaurants that have menus of this kind. http://www.elviradarknight.com/diabetes/restaurantssu.html
Many restaurants have gluten free menus.
http://www.diet-and-health.net/Diet/cholesteroldietmenu.html , http://www.annecollins.com/ , and http://www.christianet.com/cholesterol/freelistoflowcholesterolfoods.htm offer good advice on cholesterol diet menus. It is highly recommended to check with your doctor about his or her recommendations on what cholesterol diet will be best for you.
Some of the best places to find a diet menu is on Weight Watchers. They give you points during each of your meals.
Unfortunately most restaurants do not offer calorie totals on their menus (though some fast food restaurants have calorie charts on their walls these days). However many restaurants do have sections on their menus dedicated to vegetarians and healthy eaters. Your best bet ultimately is to do some research on what you might be ordering before you go to the restaurant.