As you know by now I get my inspiration from what they advertise on TV and radio. Lately, I have been catching Subway, Quizno's and Jimmy John's ads so I decided to check their nutrition charts.
I was prepared to see a lot of sodium because that is how sandwich companies deliver "flavor" and because bread is usually fairly high in sodium anyway. I figured that would be the biggest issue, but I was wrong.
The standard combinations of fat, sugar and salt are present like any burger joint. Jerrod wouldn't have lost any weight eating most of what is on the menu today. Here are some examples of the best and worst from each.
Subway has a 6" Veggie Delight that has only 230 calories, 2.5 grams of fat, .5 grams saturated fat, 310 mgs of sodium and 5 grams of sugar. All in all not bad, but 310 mgs of sodium is more than a veggie sandwich should have. Their bad end is their 6" Chicken & Bacon Ranch Melt which takes the calories to 570 with 28 grams of fat of which 10 are saturated fat, a whole days' worth of sodium at 1070 mg and 8 grams of sugar. These are the 6" numbers folks, not the 12" sandwiches that are on all the commercials.
Quizno's has a Veggie Guacamole sandwich that sounds OK until you look closely. The small is 440 calories with 25 grams of fat of which 7 is saturated, 800 mgs of sodium and 5 grams of sugar. If you go to the regular size it goes 760 calories, 43 grams of fat - 12 saturated, 1380 mgs of sodium and 9 grams of sugar. Their bad end is a chicken sandwich - the Chicken Carbonara. A regular is 960 calories, 49 grams of fat with 20 grams saturated fat, 2170 - 2 DAYS WORTH - of sodium and 9 grams of sugar.
Then comes Jimmy John's. Their delivery is fast per the commercial and so is their delivery of bad stuff. Their base size is 8". They have a Vegetarian that has 674 calories, 38 grams of fat with 12 grams of saturated fat and 1072 mgs of sodium. I'm not sure how you even get that much crap in a veggie sandwich! Their best bet is actually a Slim Turkey at 401 calories, but it packs 1075 mgs of sodium. Beware their Slim Tuna at a whopping 765 calories and 1631 mgs of sodium. The Must Miss sandwich on their menu is the Gargantuan which packs 988 calories 54 grams of fat with 13 grams of saturated fat and 2893 mgs of sodium or nearly 3 days worth. Wow!
Like I said Jerrod from the Subway commercial isn't going to lose a bunch of weight with these as his main diet. I have an idea. Make a sandwich at home from fresh, local, organic ingredients instead. You can't go wrong there.
Be very well and more soon....
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