Is There Such a Thing As a Healthy Pizza?

Pizza is often called fast food, which in most people’s minds makes it unhealthy food. However, pizza is not really a fast food it takes at least 30 mins to prepare a pizza from scratch and it is handmade from 100% natural ingredients in most pizza restaurants, so you can hardly compare it to a burger.

It is fast food only from the point of view that you can order it as a take away and have it delivered to your door. Apart from that there is no comparison, if made with the right ingredients it is not fatty and provides a completely balanced meal.

Follow these simple rules to get the healthiest pizza on the menu. The first is – thin crust pizza, always, always go thin crust! It reduces calories by the hundreds and sometimes even the thousands

You can keep the fat low by choosing a pizza without any cheese. Sounds weird but they can be really nice vegans have been enjoying them for years. Avoid the cheesy crust pizzas, there is loads of cheese and extra calories in this kind of crust. If you want cheese on your pizza go for low fat options, when melted they taste just as good.

Cream based sauces on pizzas have become very popular, but it you want a healthy pizza these are best avoided. Stick with traditional tomato based sauce. By all means have meat on your pizza, but choose light versions for example ham instead of pepperoni. Extra vegetables will also make your pizza healthier.

Choosing a whole-wheat base not only works better with a thin crust pizza it is better for you. You get plenty of fibre from the base as well as it tasting better and holding the sauce better.

You can put fruit on a pizza – ham and pineapple anyone? But it doesn’t end there, grapes and even pear taste so good with the right combinations – just ask your local pizza place.

Some pizza restaurants go the whole hog. They offer you a thin crust pizza, which uses low fat ingredients for the topping and has the middle removed. It is cooked the same way as a normal pizza, but is taken out of the oven and placed on a plate. At that point a mixed salad is added to the centre of the pizza. It is not only delicious it is about half the calories of a normal pizza at only 500 calories.

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