Celebrities like former football champ and current 'Live' host Michael Strahan (c.) and weight loss spokesman Jared Fogle (r.) have helped promote Subway's "Eat Fresh" message, but many of its sandwiches have higher calorie counts than rival chain McDonald's.

 

Bad news, Subway fans: Your $5 footlong may be LESS healthy than a McDonald’s Big Mac

 

Subway has earned a 'health halo' in the eyes of consumers, thanks to its line of lower-calorie sandwiches. But there are plenty of calorie-laden options on its menu — and that's what many people order, judging from the results of a new UCLA study

 

Does Jared know about this?

 

Subway has made a name for itself as the "healthy" fast food chain by touting its lean deli meat sandwiches packed with veggies as an alternative to greasy burgers and fries.

 

But many people consume just as much sugar, carbs, sodium and overall calories per meal at Subway as they do at its much-maligned competitor, McDonald’s, new research shows.

 

At 550 calories, McDonald's Big Mac looks positively lightweight compared to Subway's heftiest menu items, like the thousand-calorie footlong Big Philly Cheesesteak. But McDonald's famous fries added more calories to meals than Subway sides, UCLA researchers found.

 

UCLA scientists sent a group of nearly 100 adolescents aged 12 to 21 to eat at McDonald's and Subway restaurants, then collected their receipts to track what they ordered. Using the nutrition information available on each chain's website, they calculated the nutritional value of what the kids purchased.

 

While meals at McDonalds averaged 1,038 calories, the Subway meals weren't far behind at 955 calories each. And at 784 calories, the average Subway sandwich purchase came in even higher than those bought at McDonald's, which averaged 582 calories.

 

Calorie intake may not be an issue for champion swimmer Michael Phelps, but most American adolescents need just 2,400 a day.

 

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The Institute of Medicine recommends 2,400 calories per day for adolescents, researchers noted.

 

"We found that there was no statistically significant difference between the two restaurants, and that participants ate too many calories at both," public health scholar Dr. Lenard Lesser, who led the study, said in a statement.

 

The restaurants were strikingly similar by several other measures. Diners ordered 102g of carbohydrates at Subway compared to 128 at McDonald's and 36g of sugar to McDonalds' 54g.

 

People ate even more sodium at Subway, with 2,149mg compared to 1,829mg at McDonald's. Overconsumption of salt is a growing health crisis for Americans, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned, putting children and adults at risk for hypertension, heart disease and obesity. One CDC study found the average kid consumers 3,300mg of salt daily, far more than the recommended 2,300mg.

 

Subway meals did live up to their health halo in some respects. Subjects purchased sugary drinks at an average of 61 calories at Subway, but gulped 151 calories at McDonald's.

 

Subway side dishes, such as potato chips, added an average of 35 calories to meals, while McDonald's sides, such as french fries, tacked on 201 calories.

 

The study doesn't detail the exact meal combinations that were ordered at the restaurants, but it seems clear that many of the Subway diners aren't sticking to the chain's selection of 6-inch sandwiches under 500 calories.

 

Subway's footlong Big Philly Cheesesteak, for example, clocks in around 1,000 calories and 2560g sodium — roughly double what's in the McDonald's Big Mac, which has 550 calories and 970g sodium.

 

In the end, it's not where you eat but what you choose off the menu that matters — and eating at Subway is just as likely to make you fat as pulling up to the drive-thru at McDonald's, researchers concluded.

 

To make meals at either restaurant healthier, skip the sugary drinks, chips and french fries, Lesser advised. At Subway, choose smaller sandwiches with plenty of vegetables.

 

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I thought this news was old as dirt, the carbs in Subways bread mean whatever veggies and fresh meat you put in it are rendered pretty insignificant. Though if you add greasy cheesy steak to it that's also not going to help.

They might be healthier than people think, 11 inches won't have as much in as 12

 

http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/news/shopping/2013/05/subway-footlong-subs-investigation

Poor Steve must have felt pretty inadequate.

FUCK

 

i love subway

 

FUCK YOU JERRY

subway rules

Higher calories & higher carbs

 

Not the best item to eat every-day.

^Yep, definitely not every day, however it's still freakin awesome here and there.

 

Though Frankie & Tony's is still the best sandwich bar.