Yelling at the TV again

I spend a lot of time "correcting" advertisements. I scoff at their half-truths and outright misdirection. I threaten to write to their head-office or to the network on which they are advertising. Mostly though, I yell at the TV.

Recently, I've been yelling at Jared the Subway shill for trying to sell fresh bread as a healthy thing. Newsflash Jared, fresh baked bread is still bread -- being fresh baked doesn't save me a single calorie, and a six inch sub has plenty of those!

In fact, a 6-inch (2.5 oz) chunk of Subway italian white bread breaks down like this:

200 calories
2.5 g fat (1.5 g saturated)
38 g carbs (including 3 g fiber and 5 g sugar)
340 mg sodium

the bun also counts as a little over two starch exchanges for diabetic diets

Those numbers are comparable to any other bread product. In fact, two slices of Wonder Bread sandwich loaf will save you 60 calories, 10 g of carbs and a half gram of fat -- and none of the fat is saturated; two slices of Healthy Choice Hearty 7-grain bread will save you 40 calories, 2 g of carbs and the same amount of fat as the Wonder bread.

Alternately, choose a slightly smaller hot dog bun at 1.5 oz; you can save as much as 90 calories, though the fat averages 2.3 g and the carbs range from 20-25 g.