how pizza fits in with your daily nutritional requirements
By melgrace
@melgrace (46)
Philippines
June 20, 2011 6:21pm CST
For many people, pizza isn't pizza unless it's loaded down with cheese, sausage and pepperoni. But keep in mind that choosing high calorie,high fat toppings can exceed your entire day's allotment for saturated fat,calories, fat and sodium. If you're on a heart-healthy diet, there's no need to completely eliminate pizza from the dinner table. You'll just have to make better choices for toppings and ask for specially ordered pizzas. Avoid falling prey to the advertised "specials" as most of them are laden with extra calories and fat. If you find that you can't get the type of pizzas you want from your take-out store, consider buying the "pizza kits" that are available in the freezer section of your supermarket and build your own.
2 responses
@smilemoon (766)
• United Arab Emirates
26 Mar 12
Pizza for some people is something great. Who can blame them. Pizza is just Yumme.
@Tiherina (83)
• United States
20 Jun 11
Sounds like a good tip, but in a pizza discussion, I don't think people really want to talk about how to eat healthy. I think people want to talk about how greasy, fattening or loaded they can make a pizza. I think you could probably have better luck talking about this in a health forum. Just some friendly advice. As for myself, I love fat and greasy. It's not that I eat like that all the time, and I am most definitely not fat, nor am I unhealthy. I still get a balanced diet, and I get plenty of excersize. I find eating a pizza that's not as greasy or loaded with toppings tastes a little off to me.
