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*smells Vokbain*

Damn. Someone likes the meatball sandwhich.

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Compared to other junk places, Wendy's vegetables seem pretty not disgusting.

The hidden evils, as you mentioned, are lazyness and the assumption that

Considering how many people have jobs that require they tap on a keyboard all day, it would make sense to take this laziness into consideration and change diets accordingly. Or some people might like to be lazy so if they aren't burning all that hitler fat off, they should change their lifestyle so their laziness doesn't result in a worst case scenario.

Or people might have night jobs, which can really make them turn into balloons if they don't watch what they eat. I guess that's another case of laziness to take into consideration. Whoops, I mean lazyness.

*smells Vokbain*

Damn. Someone likes the meatball sandwhich.

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Now that you mention it, the footlong meatball sandwich is actually my favorite.

Subway uses genetically modified vegetables and meat.
They grow large sheets of chicken meat over plates of agar in large mass production labs, and in doing so, they also factor in a low lipid growth.
This causes the meats to have 'low fat content' but unfortunately the fact that everything they use is genetically modified greatly outweighs the low fat content of their 'food'.

I don't eat fast food, because i know how it's made, i know how it's prepared, and i'm canadian, so i have a good outside view of the results (Americans).

hidden evil, feh.  People have been eating bread for centuries without reaching the levels of obesity which plague modern America.  I think breadd is a hidden wonder which Americans are just starting to really discover.  The hidden evils, as you mentioned, are lazyness and the assumption that watching people blow up on TV will help keep the fat away.

I couldn't have said it better myself, buzzybritches. I do agree that the food pyramid is a little outdated, but people do need to remember that it's a recommendation only, not a strict law. What your lifestyle is like is much more important on factoring what you eat. My point here is that if you're actually active, you'll find that you'll be ripping through those 5 servings of carbohydrates (or however many it is) and wanting more, but if you sit on your ass all day then you won't need them all.

I worry that the shift to healthier fats will go overboard and people will end up consuming too much fat of an entirely different nature. Remember that even though olive oil is one of the healthier oils, it is still a fat and as such is one of the most energy dense things you can be eating. I would also like to know what the glycemic index value of olive oil is.

It feels a lot healthier than eating Burger King

Completely off the subject, but isn't it called Hungry Jacks over there? *points in the general direction of Australia*

Is Subway healthy?  It depends on what you're eating, but I would agree that it's probably healthier than most fast food chains.

I tend to like to stick to local delis for my food on the go.

My mother-in-law had a horrible, horrible experience with Subway--I don't want to ruin anyone's appetite, so I won't tell unless you ask--but I have never been able to eat Subway since. My husband and I rarely eat fast food, although we were pretty bad the first week of this year's Stanley Cup playoffs, when the Avs were still in it. 

Subway uses genetically modified vegetables and meat.
They grow large sheets of chicken meat over plates of agar in large mass production labs, and in doing so, they also factor in a low lipid growth.
This causes the meats to have 'low fat content' but unfortunately the fact that everything they use is genetically modified greatly outweighs the low fat content of their 'food'.

I don't eat fast food, because i know how it's made, i know how it's prepared, and i'm canadian, so i have a good outside view of the results (Americans).

I don't believe you.  You're telling me that Subway, of all places, is growing chicken meat in a test tube?   Ya wanna back that up?

"They grow large sheets of chicken meat over plates of agar in large mass production labs, and in doing so, they also factor in a low lipid growth." -BBq_Woa!

Dude! Is your brain addled from SARS?! Good lord I used to work at Subway and they DID NOT use chicken meat grown in a lab. That's not to say they had premium chicken, but the chicken was hatched from an egg and lived (and died) as other mass produced chickens in this country. As far as genetically engineered produce, well that could very well be, but all commercial vegetables have been engineered in some form other for many years.

Later,
Evil.

P.S. Get well soon.

I don't believe you.  You're telling me that Subway, of all places, is growing chicken meat in a test tube?   Ya wanna back that up?

No kidding, the Subways here in New Mexico bought their meats from Sysco Foods up until February of this year, and although they bought lots of specialty items (they had their own printed cups and napkins, as well as special bread, for example), my father says that they were quite standard in terms of the foodstuffs that they bought.