Informal YouTube video in which two speakers visit a fast-casual place called Beach and discuss healthier fast-food choices. They compare acai bowls (noting they are plant-based but can contain substantial sugar — speakers cite up to 50 g) and poke bowls (customizable but can exceed 1000 calories), recommend whole-berry acai and brown rice, and emphasize mindful eating and practical swaps (remove honey drizzle, choose more vegetables, pick lean fish).
Questions this video answers
Up to 50 grams of sugar.
Sometimes over 1000 calories.
Made with the whole berry.
So we're here at one of our kids favorite places to eat, a place called Beach. They love the acai bowl. So we've been here many times. I think I may get a poke bowl today. So here we go. Come on. All right, so acai bowls, they are certainly plant based, which is very good. They can have a fair amount of sugar. I mean, some of them up to 50 grams of sugar. That's the one thing to be aware of. There are some ways to sort of lessen the sugar. You can see a number of these have honey drizzle. You could ask to either remove that or maybe add some coconut flakes as a way to still keep some sweetener without necessarily adding all the sugar. It's a little more of a treat. I don't know that we'd want to eat it every day, but we won't eat it every day.
We actually don't blend our acai with anything. A lot of other places will blend their acai and it causes it to be a different consistency.
People blend it to save a little money. I assume it's expensive.
Yeah, exactly. It is an expensive product. So they'll blend maybe bananas into it and try to stretch it out a little bit farther.
I'm gonna order today a poke bowl. You can basically put in whatever you want to put in. Some of them have recommended sort of recipes. And some of those recipes can add in things like tempura and other things which can taste really good. But sometimes these bowls can be over 1000 calories. So if that's a concern to you, that's something to be aware of. Again, this is primarily plant based. You can add a lean protein in like a fish. I'm gonna use brown rice as opposed to white rice. White rice, it's really. They remove the bran, which has much of the fiber. They remove the germ, which has much of the nutrients, and they leave the endosperm, which is really the carbohydrate piece of it. So with brown rice, you get all three of those and it's a little bit better for you. And then I'll add in a bunch of vegetables and maybe even some pickled things as well. Great, let's order. She's gonna order a SAI bowl. Can I just ask you. I was learning about the berries themselves and you know, they come from South America and the rainforest, and they have all these nutrients and antioxidants and fiber and protein. But I was reading eating the berries as opposed to the juice, you get much more of the antioxidant and whatnot, so that's good. Our acai's made with the whole berry. Great. I'm gonna get a poke the tuna today. Okay. I eat a lot of salmon today. I'm gonna go with the tuna. I like brown rice. And can you. I guess you can do a mix. So maybe I'll mix in some of the kale citrus salad. I'll take the ginger dressing as well, but maybe I'll take it on the side. Thank you. Helps me a lot. Okay. Awesome. Oh, I gotta get my wallet. They talk about eating a rain. This is a good example of sort of eating a rainbow. I like when I can use chopsticks because I tend to eat too quickly. And I'm working on my mindful eating. This just tastes awesome. I mean, it is healthy. And we could get nitpicky about how much sugar and other things when we come here. You know, we don't get overly caught up with how much this or that is in it. We just know what we're getting into. We order. We order it and we enjoy it. Did it.
