Subway, good or bad?

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  • maillemaker
    maillemaker Posts: 1,253 Member
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    Nothing wrong with Subway at all. Meat, cheese, bread, vegetables - all very healthy stuff.

    The trick is, as always, making a delicious sandwich that isn't going to blow all your calories for the day. When I used to eat there, I'd eat a foot long Club on wheat with bacon.

    That's 620 calories without cheese and bacon. Probably pushing 800 calories the way I had them made. Then I'd have 3 chocolate chip cookies with it for dessert. I bet I was pushing 1000 calories there for one meal.
  • sfbaumgarten
    sfbaumgarten Posts: 912 Member
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    Neither. It's just food. As long as it fits your plan, eat all the Subway.
  • thavoice
    thavoice Posts: 1,326 Member
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    About twice week I call the local subway in the AM on the way to work and they have mine read when I get there......half for a late breakfast, half for a late lunch/early dinner.
  • J72FIT
    J72FIT Posts: 5,948 Member
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    Is subway good or bad? I would say, it depends. If all you eat is subway then I would say it's probably not the greatest since I can't imagine you would get much in the way of nutrients per calorie. But as part of an overall healthy diet with plenty of variety, I can not see it being bad.
  • WaterBunnie
    WaterBunnie Posts: 1,370 Member
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    I just hate the smell of their shops. Kills my appetite stone dead.
  • misskris78
    misskris78 Posts: 136 Member
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    You should only eat whole, organic foods grown or raised in quaint Vermont villages by cute children named Jade and Quentin ;)

    Sincerely,

    Woman who is eating a bagel dog for dinner.

    Seriously - if it fits within your calorie goal, go for it. Processed foods aren't great, but in moderation, Subway is a decent alternative.
  • MBrothers22
    MBrothers22 Posts: 323 Member
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    I know it's better to stick to home made sandwiches,
    If you're using store-bought bread and deli meats for your home-made sandwiches, there is really no difference in nutrition between what you make at home and a similar sandwich you'd have made at Subway.
    It's mainly people who fear processed food. Which is dumb.
    The evidence is pretty-clear that processed meats are most-certainly linked to medical health issues. Yes, it's epidemiological evidence, yes it's not conclusive proof - but to ignore it completely is what would be "dumb".

    http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/news/press-releases/processed-meats-unprocessed-heart-disease-diabetes/
    http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/news/20130306/processed-meat-may-play-a-part-in-early-death-study
    http://www.voanews.com/content/study-processed-meat-raises-colorectal-cancer-risk/1895891.html
    http://www.nationalreview.com/the-feed/248644/processed-meats-declared-too-dangerous-human-consumption

    Everything, if not a 100% organic vegetable "causes cancer" to you people.
    I work on proof. Nothing else.
  • kimmers1027
    kimmers1027 Posts: 122
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    I absolutely love an occasional subway on flatbread loaded with veggies and no cheese. MMMMM.

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