Posted on 03/15/2023 5:16:46 AM PDT by Red Badger
The humble sandwich is the saboteur of the American diet.
Most Americans consume too much sodium, sugar and saturated fat, according to government survey data. Sandwiches—which almost half of Americans eat on any given day—are a primary culprit. Nutritionists, doctors and public-health officials are trying to nudge people to make their sandwiches healthier, believing that even simple changes can improve health.
Sandwiches are the number one source of sodium and saturated fat in Americans’ diets, making up about one-fifth of our daily sodium intake and 19% of our daily saturated fat calories, according to an analysis of federal survey data. Sandwiches contribute 7% of daily added sugars, the same percentage as breakfast cereals and bars.
“The standard deli sandwich with processed meat and cheese, you’re literally eating a heart bomb,” says Dariush Mozaffarian, a cardiologist and professor of nutrition and medicine at Tufts University.
Excess sodium increases blood pressure, which raises the risk of heart disease and stroke. People also eat an extra nearly 100 calories on the days they eat sandwiches, according to federal survey data analyzed by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign researchers. Sandwiches are often high in calories compared with other meals.
Time-strapped Americans reach for sandwiches because they are tasty, portable, often inexpensive and ubiquitous, dominating the menus of fast-food joints, corporate cafeterias and brown-bag school lunches.
“Americans eat so much of their meals not sitting down at a table. They are eating in their cars or at their desks, so sandwiches are easy,” says Erica Kenney, assistant professor of public-health nutrition at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
You don’t have to stop eating sandwiches, nutritionists say. But you can make them healthier, with more-nutritious breads and fillings.
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We should rejoice that our elite masters will soon fill the peasant’s lunch plates with insects and lab made Frankenfoods that are so healthy and above all save the environment.
Check and a lot cheaper.
I thought the standard sandwich was Turkey, lettuce, tomato and cheese, probably healthier that a burger and fries.
It’s the bread that will kill you.................
Rye? or that cardboard wheat stuff? But I admit, I prefer White :)
mayo from canola or soybean oil is krap ... use mayo made from 100% avocado oil and ketchup with zero added sugar or corn syrup ...
“Daves Bread is delicious and has all natural stuff.”
That’s what we buy — especially like it in the yellow wrapper (maybe “Good Seed”?) It is high in carbs, though.
Sometimes I buy Keto bread which has a weird consistency, but is low carb.
“The government is FOS. Everything they say should be met with skepticism.”
We learned that the hard way, from 2020-current.
Solution - eat at Los Pollos Hermanos.
Thanks for the links- ill check em out- i have to do something as i keep dropping in gfr number- @ 29.8 right now-
That’s it exactly. FReepers always come through.
Soybean oil makes me ill along with the high fructose corn syrup. Check your bread ingredients.
I looked at the packages of chips and they use canola oil or sunflower oil or vegetable oil.
Look at Crisco and similar that have soybean oil. I seen a comment where they said “Bertolli olive oil extra light taste” was car oil.... : )
Look for 100% olive oil from the same country.
Last evening I bought “123 Corn Oil” 100% corn oil. I will see if that is good for my chicken in the frying pan and some “California Olive Ranch 100% Californian Extra Virgin olive oil” I will put a bit in when cooking eggs and sausage and add butter on top of it. I am used to burning the butter so will try the olive oil that I read will help stop the butter from burning : )
BWAHAHAHAHAHahahahahahahaha!!!
Does the phrase "zero credibility" come to any else's mind?
One of the best, simplest changes I made was switching to Udi gluten-free, particularly for buns and rolls.
Just hacking out gluten at home, then the gluten you run into at a business lunch or airport is much more tolerable. And I don't have a gluten intolerance, but I watch my glycemic index. And wheat gluten is not your glycemic friend.
Removing not even half the usual daily American gluten intake via Udi's can put pep in your step. The hamburger buns, after a little butter-based spritz and 45 seconds face-up under the broiler, are fantastic.
:)
If you healthy you will age healthy. It’s the fat and malnourished that have sick and miserable old age.
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