Its lunchtime...how bout a sandwhich??

[Uthinkso]

So how bout it, I've heard some say that a sandwhich for lunch regardless of bread type is a terrible thing to do. I've heard others say that with whole wheat bread and turkey or chicken, its a good dose of complex carbs in the middle of the day to keep you going.

I will preface with this, I eat only white meats from the deli (turkey and chicken mostly) the ham, pastrami, and salami stay on the shelf. I eat either wheat or rye bread. Usual contruction involves two slices of each meat I choose a piece of bread on each side, and a single piece of swiss cheese with French's mustard.

So am I wrecking my diet with this type of lunch???

 

[P-funk]

use whole grain breads or (I prefer) sprouted breads.

Also, deli meat sucks. It usually is full of sodium. Also, think about how little deli meat is on a sandwich and then think about the proper amount of food you need. You are better off using the sprouted bread and throwing a chicken breast on there, some lean ground beef or lean groud turkey, pattied up, etc...

 

[Uthinkso]

use whole grain breads or (I prefer) sprouted breads.

Also, deli meat sucks. It usually is full of sodium. Also, think about how little deli meat is on a sandwich and then think about the proper amount of food you need. You are better off using the sprouted bread and throwing a chicken breast on there, some lean ground beef or lean groud turkey, pattied up, etc...

Sprouted breads you say. I don't believe I have ever seen sprouted bread at the Kroger, is there a special store for this?

Also never considered putting a chicken breast in the foreman and eating it that way. Which then begs the question, is it even worth it to have a sandwhich with the bread or should I just eat the chicken breast???

 

[P-funk]

Sprouted breads you say. I don't believe I have ever seen sprouted bread at the Kroger, is there a special store for this?

Also never considered putting a chicken breast in the foreman and eating it that way. Which then begs the question, is it even worth it to have a sandwhich with the bread or should I just eat the chicken breast???

you can find sprouted breads at health food stores and some supermarkets.

you can eat the chicken breast alone. make sure you have a balanced meal though....get some fats and healthy carbs in there.

 

[americanwit]

Eat the sandwich

It also depends on if you are working out. Personally I would think it's o.k. maybe eating only half the sandwich for portion control. If you are working out in the mornings or at all, the carbs do help as an energy boost. I usually cut out all carbs by 2:00 so that my body has time to burn them off.

 

[JasnoE]

What if you get extra meat on a sandwich and leave out mayo or something along those lines

 

[Witchblade]

If you're bulking, you could easily eat 2 sandwiches with 2 turkey breasts on them. If you're cutting, 1 is oke. Use whole GRAIN breads though. Oh and lean meat is good, not bad.

 

[Jodi]

What if you get extra meat on a sandwich and leave out mayo or something along those lines

Get safflower mayo and there is no reason to cut it out. Safflower mayo is healthy.

I don't eat any other bread besides sprouted grain bread.

 

[blueboy75]

Before I wised up as to how crap deli meat is, I used to have at least 5 turkey slices per sandwich to achieve a half decent protein content.

It might taste good but as P said its full of sodium and if you do a google and see the manufacture process on this stuff, im sure you will be sworn off it.

 

[Bakerboy]

I am also a big fan of sprouted bread the only other bread I eat is dark rye from this really great organic bakery I go to...

 

[Uthinkso]

Ok well my local Kroger has a health food portion. I'll have to shop around in there for sprouted bread.

So deli meat in general is fat free as they say or damn near, but full of sodium. We usually get Boars Head for the deli meat, which I had been told was actually pretty good for you.

 

[szandor]

use whole grain breads or (I prefer) sprouted breads.

so uh, is this what it looks like? how much a loaf?

 

[xnorwaks]

Where would a guy obtain some of that safflower mayo?

 

[tucker01]

Usually any Health section of a grocery store.

 

[Jodi]

Ok well my local Kroger has a health food portion. I'll have to shop around in there for sprouted bread.

So deli meat in general is fat free as they say or damn near, but full of sodium. We usually get Boars Head for the deli meat, which I had been told was actually pretty good for you.

It's full other crap too such as nitrates and nitrites.

 

[ZECH]

It's full other crap too such as nitrates and nitrites.

I try to take them out of my fish tank!

 

[Uthinkso]

damn there goes lunch meat. I don't even know what a nitrite is......

before too long I'm going to be eating birdseed and chicken breast.

 

[Jodi]

is used for the "curing of meat" because it prevents bacterial growth and, in a reaction with the meat's myoglobin, gives the product a desirable dark red color. Because of the toxicity of nitrite (lethal dose of nitrite for humans is about 22 mg per kg body weight), the maximum allowed nitrite concentration in meat products is 200 ppm. Under certain conditions, especially during cooking, nitrites in meat can react with degradation products of amino acids, forming nitrosamines, which are known carcinogens.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrite

The presence of nitrates and nitrites in food is controversial due to the development of nitrosamines when the food, primarily bacon, is cooked at high temperatures. The nitrate and nitrite compounds themselves are not harmful, however, and are among the antioxidants found in fresh vegetables. (National Academy 1981) The usage of either compound is carefully regulated in the production of cured products; in the United States, their concentration in finished products is limited to 200 ppm, and is usually lower. Finally, they are irreplacable in the prevention of botulinum poisoning from consumption of dry-cured sausages.

Salted meat and fish are commonly eaten as a staple of the diet in North Africa, Southern China and in the Arctic where they are associated with nasopharyngeal cancer caused by infection by the Epstein-Barr Virus. One study hypothesizes that the actual vector is anaerobic bacteria found in salted fish, Article in The Scientist, Volume 13, No. 6:1, Mar. 15, 1999 (registration required). Salt cod, which was air-dried in cool northern Europe, was a civilization-changing food product, in that a bountiful but perishable food supply could be converted to a form that allowed for wide travel and thus exploration.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curing_(food_preservation)

 

[Uthinkso]

Ok if you don't mind Jodi. What have you eaten so far today?

 

[Jodi]

Protein Shake with Flax Seeds

Salad with Romaine lettuce, Peppers, Celery, broiled Chicken breast, Olive Oil, lemon juice

Turkey Breast, Green Beans, Grapefruit, 3 Fish Oil caps

 

[Uthinkso]

Protein Shake with Flax Seeds

Salad with Romaine lettuce, Peppers, Celery, broiled Chicken breast, Olive Oil, lemon juice

Turkey Breast, Green Beans, Grapefruit, 3 Fish Oil caps

Your a amchine. My wife was taking fish oil caps when she was pregnant and I took a couple just to see. I like fish, but I was burping up fish taste all day. No good for this guy.