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Dietitians' sandwich pick, gut food and AI celebrity-chef menus
Dietitians unanimously backed one fast-food sandwich for weight loss and one gut-health food; an AI-powered restaurant is expanding across Connecticut with celebrity-chef menus.
Watch it as it aired: Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson on this story, from The Weekend Shift at 2:25 PM ET. Cartoon anchors, real headline: the facts are AOL.com's, the jokes are ours.
At a glance
- First reported by AOL.com: “We Asked Dietitians the Best Fast-Food Sandwich for Weight Loss—They All Said the Same Thing”, with reporting from Real Simple and Hartford Courant.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 11, 2026, at 2:25 PM ET on The Weekend Shift, by Vera Bullock, Chip Darnell and Brock Thunderson.
- Topics: AI.
The real story
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- AOL.comWe Asked Dietitians the Best Fast-Food Sandwich for Weight Loss—They All Said the Same Thing
- Real SimpleWe Asked 3 Dietitians What to Eat for a Healthier Gut—They All Recommended This One Food
- Hartford CourantControversial restaurant offering celebrity-chef menus is spreading across CT. It’s fueled by tech and AI
What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThree food stories this afternoon, and the first one comes with a rare gift: three dietitians who agree on something.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorAOL.com asked dietitians for the best fast-food sandwich for weight loss, and every one of them gave the same answer.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe same answer. I have never gotten that from a group chat about where to eat.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMy weekend plan is to order exactly that sandwich, calmly, in a drive-through lane, like a man in control.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistYou'll order two, and a milkshake, and call it balance.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorTwo is just a plan with a backup.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorStory two. Real Simple asked three dietitians what to eat for a healthier gut, and they all recommended one food.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOne food. I'm already emotionally invested.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy plan is a gut-friendly Sunday with a fresh start and a lovely, quiet kitchen.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistBy Tuesday you'll be giving your stomach a pep talk and it'll be ignoring you.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRude. And correct.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBrock, you promised me a forecast, and you've been warming up in that windbreaker since the break.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistRight. New York is sixty-three and rainy now, with rain tomorrow, a high of sixty-eight and a thirty-four percent chance. Bring a brolly.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistChicago is the prize: cloudy tomorrow, eighty-six, and just eight percent rain. Miami is eighty-eight with cloud, and Los Angeles is rainy at sixty-four.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorEighty-six in Chicago in October. I want to hug the whole city.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLast story. According to the Hartford Courant, a controversial restaurant is expanding across Connecticut with celebrity-chef menus powered by AI and technology.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorA celebrity chef menu made by AI. I need to try it, then regret it, then try it again.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistIf a computer can cook like a famous chef, it can tell me it's going to be sunny. I'm not ready.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOkay, confessions. My weekend is a gut-healthy meal, a long walk and no phone.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorMine is a sandwich the dietitians approve, in a parking lot, with the radio on.

Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistI'll be on my balcony, shouting at a cloud I've named Gary.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorPerfect. Three flawless plans, and nothing can go wrong.

Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm equal parts terrified and fascinated by what a computer thinks a famous chef would make.
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