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Dietary and Nutritional Information for Fast Food Restaurants

Posted 2004-08-18 01:12 AM in Diabetes.

Wow, and then one day the internet does something useful by providing me with Dietary and Nutritional Information for Fast Food Restaurants.

Steak & Cheese Sub, 6-inch Classic sandwich
steak and melted cheese with lettuce, tomato, onion, green peppers, olives, pickles, cheese, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper on Italian white bread

Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 6-inch sub • 256g


Amount Per Serving

Calories 390	Calories from Fat 126

% DV*

Total Fat 14g	22%

Saturated Fat 5g	25%

Cholesterol 35mg	12%

Sodium 1210mg	50%

Total Carbohydrate 48g	16%

Dietary Fiber 5g	20%

Sugars 7g

Protein 24g	48%


Vitamin A 10%	•	Vitamin C 40%

Calcium 15%	•	Iron 45%
Unofficial Pts: 8

Percent of Calories from: Fat-32.3% Carb-49.2% Protein-24.6% (Total may exceed 100% due to rounding)

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 2:11:52 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Awesome! Good find.

I also really like Yum! Brands' (Taco Bell, KFC, Pizza Hut) meal nutrition calculator [http://www.yumbrands.com/nutrition/default.htm]. It's great because you can, for instance, take the cheese off of one of your tacos and it will calculate accordingly!

I've been using FitDay [http://www.fitday.com/] to track my nutrition for a couple of years now. If only I could get a dump from one of those web sites and import it into my FitDay!

Rich Joslin

Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:08:27 PM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Great. Just freakin Great. Now I'll never be able to eat another one of these: http://www.dietfacts.com/html/items/24966.htm

I guess the upside is that I could down 5 of these and not have to eat for the rest of the week. Think of the time I'll save.

Barry Gervin

Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:34:28 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

Alway pay very close attention to what constitutes a "serving". It will surprise you.

Abdu

Wednesday, August 25, 2004 8:48:05 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

I'm assuming "Unofficial Pts" are Weight Watcher points, right?

This is a great site to know about. Thanks. There are still a lot of gaps, but it's getting there.

Mark Freedman

Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:29:34 AM (Pacific Standard Time, UTC-08:00)

A great program I've discovered in helping Diabetes Type 2 is at a place called Green Mountain at Fox Run. It's in Vermont and runs a diabetes program with it's partner, the Joslin Diabetes Center. It's a healthy weight loss program without dieting and the next one is just coming up November 7th for anyone who interested: http://www.fitwoman.com/diabetes.htm.