First on Trial: Chipolte.
Everyone’s favorite Mexican food phenomenon paints itself as the unambiguous good guy who stands up to the evil of corporate fast food. Chipolte strings people along with emotional ads and Coldplay songs, all while peddling lies. They use fear-mongering to frighten you away from other fast food, all the while serving you a heaping helping of false promises.
First of all, Chipotle labels GMOs in their food, while also selling the message that GMOs are bad and to be avoided. They also encourage the anti-science fables that are the outcry about “Franken Food.” The company sometimes displays ads about this, which are also sometimes set to Coldplay songs. You can argue that their goals are noble (in a delusional sort of way) but they’re clearly hollow words. Chipotle insists that animals be raised only on grass, allowed space to live and fields to frolic in, and all natural ingredients. That being said, according to article “9 Disappointing Facts” by Adele Douglass, with the website Certifiedhumane.org buys conventionally raised beef to make its burritos and feeds its animals feed made from the oh-so-hated GMO. Why do they do this? They play the hero, but they’re just a psychopathic corporation that discovered how to market burritos using fear.
Next up: Subway.
Azodicarbonamide is a chemical that up until recently, was a chemical that Subway put into its bread to make them seem more…palatable. However, it is a known carcinogen and usually put into yoga mats and the rubber soles of shoes. But Subway sandwiches don’t need any help being dangerous. The latest research from the World Cancer Research Fund says that processed meat is dangerous for human consumption. This research says that consuming daily the 1.8 ounces of processed meat in a traditional Subway sandwich can increase the chance of cancer by 50 percent, heart disease by 42 percent, and diabetes by 19percent. True, you probably don’t eat Subway sandwiches every day, but should you really take the risk on any given day?
According to Subway nutritional facts, a six-inch meatball marinara sandwich from subway contains 511 calories, 21 grams of fat, of which nine are saturated, and 3.3 grams of sodium. Now let’s compare that to the Big Mac. The Big Mac contains according to McDonald’s nutritional facts 563 calories, 33 grams of fat, and 1007 milligrams of sodium. The latter’s fat content may be a little higher than Subway’s, but it contains much less saturated fat, coming in at less than a whole gram. It also includes much less sodium.
Has Michael Phelps been lying to you about Subway this whole time? Is Chipotle as raw and rustic as it seems? Take the facts into account next time you stop in for a bite at your go-to fast food establishment in Severna Park.
