Health author Michael Pollan said it best in his recent book "Food Rules", don't eat food you see advertised on TV. Why? Because big, corporately-owned food companies can spend millions of dollars to advertise their food products on TV. They use their deep pocketbooks and marketing sharks to convince you that their food is healthy. Think about all the junk food chains that you see advertised on TV: McDonald's, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, Burger King, Domino's, and many more. Subway food is also junk food, unless you fill your plastic bowl with veggies only.
The most important reasons why Subway food is fake health food:
- Artificial ingredients (chemicals) - One of their best tasting breads, the Italian Herbs and Cheese, contains artificial flavor, which means they are putting chemicals in the food to trick your brain into thinking it is experiencing a flavor. Artificial color is also added, when there are so many other ways to color things naturally!
- Preservatives. Their bacon slices and genoa salami contain nitrates, a preservative that is not used in health food. Essentially all of their meats contain preservatives. They also add sugar to the bacon so your taste buds will think it tastes better!
- Cheap, processed meat. Cheap meat comes at a big price to health. Chickens and cows are given hormones and antibiotics to extend their life. Those substances stay in the meat and we consume those toxins when we choose to eat mass-market meat.
- Lack of Inherent Nutrients. "...775 foods advertised on TV contained inadequate amounts of 12 essential nutrients — such as calcium, potassium, fiber, vitamins D and E, and magnesium (Time Magazine article from 2010)
- GMOs - Their breads contain corn and soybean oil. Corn and soybeans are the most genetically modified crops in the United States. The United States has the 6th highest cancer rate in the world, primarily because people eat bad food, and some of this may be attributed to GMO's.
- Microwaved food. Most hot items at Subway are microwaved, which destroys some of limited nutrients that were already there to begin with.
- Carb overload. Some people's bodies cannot handle excessive amounts of carbs, especially people with Diabetes, blood sugar issues, and some people with auto-immune disorders.
- Lack of good fats. Unless they start slathering their foot-longs with coconut oil or flax oil, their sub sandwiches are seriously lacking good fats.
More education about healthy eating choices:
Study: TV Food Ads Encourage Unhealthy Diets - TIME
U.S. Has 7th Highest Cancer Rate in the World - Experts Say Lifestyle Changes Needed to Reduce Nation's Cancer Rates
The rise and fall of Subway, the world’s biggest food chain - The Washington Post
