How to have a healthy al-desko lunch
If you have a regular desk-bound job, the Government has launched a programme that recommends we all stick to a limit of 600 calories for lunch. Public Health England’s One You campaign recommends adults aim for a 400-600-600 diet, that’s 400 calories for breakfast and 600 calories for lunch and dinner. Those who have a more active lifestyle can afford to eat more without putting on weight. Channel 4’s recent Food Unwrapped show looked at our lunchtime habits and made some discoveries about lunchtime eating that might shock you.
Around 11 million sandwiches are sold in the UK every day. How do sandwich producers help us keep to that 600 calorie lunchtime limit? Supermarket sandwiches are on average around 300 calories. But did you know that the two slices of bread make up the lion’s share of those calories coming in at 182 calories? The factory that Jimmy Doherty visited on Food Unwrapped also made wraps. The Southern Fried Chicken wrap was their best-seller and had 265 calories in the wrap base alone – 30% more than two slices of bread. Wraps are becoming more and more popular as our perception is that they must have less calories & therefore be healthier. However, this sandwich maker’s wrap came in at 546 calories (almost all of that 600 recommended guideline), whereas the BLT sandwich was only 326 calories.
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