When I was young and just getting my fork wet in the diet game, I – like many weight-challenged folks – assumed tuna salad was a staple food for the serious slimmer. When I found myself in a sandwich shop at mealtime, I didn’t panic. No, I proudly requested the tuna salad PLEASE and wolfed it down with a mayo-slick smile on my face.

I am here today to tell you that Jared did not lose an ounce dining on the Subway tuna sandwiches. Oh, you hear so much about Subway’s eight sandwiches with 6 grams of fat or less. What you don’t hear is that the good ol’ 6-inch tuna sandwich packs a roll-birthing 31 GRAMS OF FAT!

And I don’t know about you, but it pains Mr. Bad Food to see a counter jockey slice my roll in half and toss the other six inches of soft, yummy goodness in the trash can. Therefore, my belly and I always opt for the full-sized sub and that’s double trouble friends.

With that in mind – and with numbers I shopped from www.subway.com – I discovered my 12-inch tuna sub is torpedoing my tummy with 1,060 calories, 62 grams of fat, 14 grams of saturated fat, 1 gram of that really scary trans fat, 90 milligrams of cholesterol, a thirst-provoking 2,020 milligrams of sodium, 88 grams of carbs, 8 grams of fiber, 14 grams of sugar, and 44 grams of protein.

Add a bag of chips and a soft drink to the meal and you just submarined your intentions to EAT FRESH… oops, I mean to EAT HEALTHY!

Chew on This: Tuna is good food; so too is a real salad of greens and things. But tuna salad – like chicken or egg salad – often includes gobs of high-fat mayo.

John McGran, a.k.a. Mr. Bad Food, is co-creator of http://www.BadFoodGoodFood.com and president of nargcm communications, inc. Prior to launching his own businesses, McGran served seven years as editor-in-chief of the online healthy living Web site eDiets.com where he honed his skills of writing about food in an entertainingly informative style. When he isn’t researching new foods, McGran is playing hubby to his wife Barbara and daddy to his kids, Jonathan, 10, and Caelyn, 8, at his home in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

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