Grabbing lunch on the go can be dangerous for your health!
Some of the UK’s most popular lunch time venues are serving meals which exceed your daily calories intake in one sitting!
Health and Supplements supplier Discount Supplements have conducted some researched into Britain’s most popular lunch time haunts. They found, to their surprise, the most popular menu selections equated to more than the recommended amount of fat, sugar or calories for an entire day!
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Recommended Daily Allowances
The average women, which is based on someone within a BMI (Body Mass Index) of 18-25 who does moderate activity per week (at least 5 x 30 minutes of exercise a week) should be consuming 2,000 calories made up of 70g of Fat and 90g of sugar per day to maintain a healthy weight. It sounds a lot, but 90g of sugar equates to 7 1/12 tbsp of granulated sugar or a whole cup! But once hidden in your sandwich, latte, or muffin it’s hard to tell.
The term ‘reference intakes’ or RI’s can be found on nearly all food packaging in the UK. It has replaced the term Guideline Daily Amounts or GDA and should be used an indicator to the buyer.
Source: www.discount-supplements.co.uk
A 6 slice peperoni pizza with potato wedges & dip equates to over 2,000 kcals
Most pre packed foods must abide by the food authority regulations and display nutrition information this includes foods sold online. Restaurants have followed suit due to impending legislation and document their nutritional values of set menus on their websites.
Source: www.discount-supplements.co.uk
The Meal of Athletes?
Subway, often promoted is the athletes choice is staggering high in fat and sugar. A foot long sub with crisps and a salad sums up to over half you calories and your total fat allowance in one meal.
Tom Irving, chief nutritional adviser for Discount Supplements says ‘people look at calories and forget the fat and sugar levels. For example a smoothie will be nearly 0% fat and low in calories but use up half of your sugar intake for the day! You can continue counting calories and double or triple or sugar and fat without realising.’
Source: www.discount-supplements.co.uk
The Nations Favourite Guilty Pleasure
The nations favourite meal comes in at over 2,000 kcal for a battered cod and chips sides of mayo’ and mushy peas.
Source: www.discount-supplements.co.uk
Supersize your sugar and fat allowance!
McDonald’s standard burger meal contains more fat and sugar then your entire daily recommended allowance in one meal.
Fancy a cheeky Nando’s?
This Nando’s favorite of chicken thighs, two sides and cloudy lemonade is tipping the scales at 1,655 calories! Who’s being cheeky now…
Source: www.discount-supplements.co.uk
500+ kcal in a Breakfast Bloomer!
This Costa lunch equates to over 2,000 calories and 162g of Sugar which is twice your recommend daily allowance.
It can be hard to swallow that some of the perceived healthier choices like soya, gluten free or low fat are actually not as sinless as first thought. It makes eating out a minefield for anyone on a diet.
Source: www.discount-supplements.co.uk
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