On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:04:23 -0800 (PST), wrote:


Right. They serve a lot of high cal, high fat food. Subway is the
same. You can order a veggie sandwich with supposedly 230 calories
with 220 of those coming form the bread. Still, I doubt that this is
accurate. I think it is over 300 calories judging from the size of the
bread. I know for a fact that their bread is not a standard size to
begin with. Once in S. Padre Island in a Subway, I experienced a
veggie that was about half the size of my local Subway's bread. The
tiny portion probably would give you a 220 cal sandwich, with the
larger one yielding perhaps 350 calories. I mean I know that a regular
slice of bread has... anything from 40 to 120 cal. per slice with the
40 cal coming from Lite Bread with added fiber and lower fat to get
the calories to rock bottom. Subway's is likely closer to the 120 cal
per slice...except it is thicker and larger than a slice of bread, so
the 230 cal for the veggie sandwich if probably way off. They don't
even try to hide the calories in their meatball sub which is over the
top with fat and calories. The word "wheat bread" has essentially no
meaning either, since it is not whole wheat bread. It is essentially
white bread with a little whole wheat thrown in. Still, the veggie is
the only reasonably healthy thing I see on Subways menu. People love
their fat and calories and even allow themselves to be dupped into
thinking they are eating healthy when they aren't I'm afraid. dkw


To my mind the good thing about the Subway menu is that you can have
sandwiches made as salads. That's what I generally do. I just go for a
roasted chicken breast done up as a salad. You don't have to have a
lot of fat on it unless you want to, since you can choose dressings,
bring your own, and olives and cheese are always optional.

You can also elect to have a sandwich made as a wrap, which may cut
calories some on the bread issue.

No, not everything at Subway is healthy, but there absolutely are some
decent options.

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Cynthia
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