Tale of the Tape - Subway Footlong BMT vs McDonalds Double Quarter Pounder w/Cheese

Maybe this will be the first in an educational series, or maybe not, but I think I could spend quite a few articles just writing about dietary misconceptions that people have. In this inaugural episode we will take on the myth of Subway's healthy offerings. Many think that by association with Subway, a sandwich must be relatively healthy. This is false! As a former Subway employee who spent many hours computing sandwich calorie combinations, I can tell you that anything with lots of processed meat on it isn't going to the be healthiest thing around. Plus, a foot long sub is pretty darn big. Their nutritional website lists a foot long BMT as weighing almost a pound! Alright, enough of my incessant rambling, let's get to the main event!

	Footlong BMT w/Cheese, no mayo	Double Quarter Pounder w/Cheese
Calories	900	770
Calories from fat	380	430
Total Fat (g)	42	47
Saturated Fat (g)	16	20
Trans Fat (g)	0	?????
Cholestorol	110	165
Sodium (g)	3540	1440
Carbs (g)	94	39
Dietery Fiber	10	11
Sugars	16	10
Protein	46	46

As you can see, we are about neck in neck here. The BMT has more calories, but less fat and slightly less saturated fat. Also of note, the BMT has a shitton more sodium. Good god, that is a lot of sodium. (mostly thanks to pickles and pepperoncinis inclusion in the data, which is somewhat admirable, because one could claim those as optional sides and not include them in the nutritional analysis). Final Call - avoid both! Either will nearly max out your daily recommended saturated fat intake, instead go with a foot long turkey or a regular quarter pounder w/cheese (only 440 calories). Oh, and if you get the Quarter Pounder - lay off the fries, nothing but empty calories!

- As you can notice, my table is all jacked up, I will work on fixing this another time.