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> Sandwiches are the number one source of sodium and saturated fat in Americans’ diets, making up about one-fifth of our daily sodium intake and 19% of our dail
by RandallBrown 4y ago
> Sandwiches are the number one source of sodium and saturated fat in Americans’ diets, making up about one-fifth of our daily sodium intake and 19% of our daily saturated fat calories
20% of sodium and saturated fat calories for a single meal doesn't really sound very alarming.
- polishdude20 4y agoYeah, how many meals do people eat in a day anyways? Like max 5?
- jeltz 4y agoI feel most people eat 3 so 20% does not sound alarming at all.
- Synaesthesia 4y agoYes but maybe Americans have high sodium and fat intake. The problem with a sandwich, and I love bread, is that it’s high in carbs, low in fibre and vitamins.
- wing-_-nuts 4y agoCan't use white bread, gotta go with whole grain. Throw a couple slices of turkey, a fist full of spinach, a few grape tomatoes and you've got a sandwich that's actually a worthwhile lunch and not a crushing disappointment
- ashwagary 4y agoUse lettuce as the bun and ditch bread completely.
- travisjungroth 4y agoI have a hard time making sense of those stats. If it’s conditional on having had a sandwich that day, it’s totally reasonable. If it’s not, it seems extremely high. That would mean sandwiches carry 20% of the sodium the population eats, including days that people don’t eat sandwiches and people who don’t eat sandwiches at all.
- votepaunchy 4y agoWhat fraction of meals are sandwiches? Not everyone is eating a sandwich every day.