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Subway is bad. Chipotle is good.


Low carb Chipotle Chicken Salad.

Subway: https://foodbabe.com/is-subway-real-food/ :

The 9 grain wheat bread might look and smell freshly baked but it contains close to 50 ingredients including refined flours, dough conditioners, hidden MSG, refined sugars, etc. Could bread this processed ever be real food? Certainly not, when it includes a chemical ingredient called azodicarbonamide, which is banned as a food additive in the U.K., Europe, and Australia, and if you get caught using it in Singapore you can get up to 15 years in prison and be fined $450,000. Azodicarbonamide is more commonly used in the production of foamed plastics, however, it is allowed in the United States as a food additive, a flour bleaching agent, and a dough conditioner that improves elasticity of bread. The U.K. has recognized this ingredient as a potential cause of asthma if inhaled, and advises against its use in people who have sensitivity to food dye allergies and other common allergies in food, because azodicarbonamide can exacerbate the symptoms. Let’s not forget it only takes 4 or 5 simple ingredients to make REAL whole-wheat bread including flour, yeast, salt, water, and maybe honey.

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Chipotle:

 https://mrskinnypants.com/low-carb-fast-food-lunch/

1. Chipotle Chicken Salad (No Beans / No Rice)

Ask for “no beans, no rice” upfront. Politely decline the free dressing they offer — it has too many carbs.
Low carb Chipotle Chicken Salad.
My Low Carb Chipotle Chicken Salad
To construct a Chipotle salad like the one in the photo:
  • Bed of lettuce with “no beans, no rice please”
  • Chicken
  • Extra Chicken – Right as server finishes piling on the first serving of chicken, ask “can I get some extra chicken please?” I feel like you get more chicken this way versus ordering double chicken upfront.  $2.15 upcharge for extra chicken.
  • Sour cream
  • Shredded cheese
  • Red tomatillo salsa
  • Guacamole ($1.95 extra)
That’s 630 calories and 7 net carbs. It’s higher calorie than your typical chicken salad because they use chicken thighs instead of breasts. If you need more calories, ask the server for extra cheese, extra sour cream, and a scoop of chorizo which are three calorie-dense ingredients that are also low carb.

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