"subway" news and stories

With options like sausage, egg and cheese biscuits and fried hash brown potatoes, finding a healthy breakfast on-the-go can be a challenge. But a handful of healthy options can be found at fast food outlets, CBS News reported.

Nutritionist Tanya Zuckerbrot, contributor to Cooking Light magazine, gave viewers of "The Early Show" on CBS the lowdown on eating a healthy breakfast on the run.

If you're getting your caffeine fix at Starbucks, go for the Protein Plate: a combo of fruit, peanut butter, a hard boiled egg and a mini bagel that totals 370 calories, 5 grams of fiber and 17 grams each of protein and fat, CBS reported.

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When it comes to fast food, Subway is supposed to be the healthy choice – we all feel a little bit angelic when we skip high-fat burgers and fries in favor of a six-inch sub loaded with veggies and lean meats. And while the sandwiches are a better bet when it comes to calories and fat, Subway has a hidden dark side: The "healthy" 9-grain bread is a nutritional wasteland packed with high-fructose corn syrup.

David Zinczenko, author of the "Eat This, Not That" series, exposes the truth in his series The Truth About Your Food. While the bread does technically have nine grains, he says that you might as well choose white. Eight of those nine grains are basically trace amounts, listed at the bottom of the ingredient list under "contains 2% or less." The number one ingredient is regular white flour.

"Essentially this is a white-wheat hybrid with trace amounts of other whole grains like oats, barley, and rye," says Zinczenko.

Jared might want to find an alternative to Subway subs if he's planning a visit to Illinois anytime soon. It was just announced that the fast food chain has had a salmonella outbreak in 22 counties in Illinois.

Earlier this week the State's Department of Public Health announced that in the middle of May, 71 people had been sickened by the bacterial strain ominously called Hvittingfoss. Seventeen of those required hospital stays but all are said to be recovering. The symptoms are the usual yukky ones like diarrhea, vomiting, fever and stomach cramps.

No specific food was found to be responsible but Subway voluntarily withdrew all lettuce, green peppers, red onions and tomatoes from the restaurants in question and replaced them with new and hopefully bacteria-free produce.

"The Subway brand will continue to work with the Department of Health to assist in pinpointing the exact cause of the outbreak," a representative for the chain said according to Nation's Restaurant News.

And if you're one of the unlucky folks who downed a sub and got sick, a law firm has already filed a class action suit.

Snapfinger, a new web and mobile phone app, allows you to order from several chain restaurants like Outback, Subway and California Pizza Kitchen. So you can simply type in the order for Kookaburra wings from Outback, pay online, and have them waiting for you as you pull up.

The app is linked to the restaurant's computerized cash register which tells you daily specials, store hours and if an item has run out. The service is available for 28,000 restaurants in over 1,500 cities nationwide and in Canada.

Restaurants love this new form of ordering. According to an article in the New York Times, people who use the app spend about 25 percent more than when they order the old-school way. Snapfinger offers the add-on items like sides, which are typically suggested by the server.

Kudzu Interactive, which launched Snapfinger, is currently working on an app for fast-food restaurants where you can order at the counter and not have to wait in line as well as an iPad app to replace menus at tables.