Recently I made a startling discovery at work. A sandwich shop called Specialty's had opened up downstairs and they made it super easy and convenient for us to get lunch by offering all sorts of ways of ordering your food, including placing an order and paying online and then running downstairs to pick up your packed baggie ready to go and waiting with your name on it in the cubby holes by the door.
I was placing an order for a sandwich when instead of clicking on the "add to bag" button, I accidently clicked on the image itself... and up popped the nutrition facts. I can't even remember what sandwich I had planned on ordering, but after seeing the numbers, I searched through their sandwich menu and chose the Napa Waldorf Chicken Salad Sandwich. Believe it or not, of all their sandwiches, this had the one of the lowest calorie/fat grams content.
What was I more surprised about (other than this being one of the "healthier" sandwich choices)? That this Vegetarian sandwich was unhealthier than the sandwich made with mayo!
I didn't even dare look at the "vegetarian" sandwich that was loaded with cheese and pesto sauce *grabs heart*! But the scariest of all... one of their sandwiches (the "Hot Italian") is actually a whopping 1153 calories and 72g of fat! For a sandwich! Whoever said sandwiches were healthy was lying.
Anyhow, the next day as I was heading back to the office, I decided to swing by good ol' McDonald's for lunch and ordered their 10-piece Chicken McNugget meal (without supersizing... or "going large", or whatever they call it these days).
Mmmm. While I was enjoying the crispy tasty processedness of the "nuggets", I happened to glance on the side of the box and noticed the nutrition facts.
10-piece golden Chicken McNuggets: 460 calories, 29g of fat.
Medium order of delicious fries: 380 calories, 19g of fat.
Now... correct me if I'm wrong but... wouldn't that make my fast-food combo meal (minus my Sprite and the sauce of course) a total of 840 calories with 48g of fat? That doesn't look that much worse than Specialty's "Vegetarian" sandwich (and just the sandwich, no sides). In fact, after checking their entire menu, it appears that the "unhealthiest" sandwich on McDonald's menu is the Angus Burger with Bacon and Cheese, clocking in at 790 calories and 39g of fat... looking an awful lot like the values for the bland "Vegetarian" sandwich featured above.
Now, I'm not typically one to check the nutrition facts on everything I eat, but the realization that things you would expect to be a "healthier" choice is, in fact, the opposite.
Who knew?
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