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Subway diet

The hype surrounding this diet arose when Jared Fogle lost 245 pounds by eating only Subway sandwiches for a year. However, what was not publicised was Fogle's fat-laden diet consisting of fast food, burgers and pizzas, before launching on to the Subway diet. Subway capitalized on Fogle's weight loss but do not endorse any diet with their sandwiches.

Fogle ate a 6-inch turkey sub for lunch and a foot-long veggie sub for dinner. He enjoyed a small bag of baked potato chips with lunch and permitted himself diet soft drinks throughout the day. He skipped breakfast and avoided cheese and mayonnaise in a diet that totaled less than 10 grams of fat and about 1,000 calories per day. He also included a walking program and consulted a physician.

For more information on Subway and the nutritional content of their menus, please visit www.subway.com.