Pizza

 
Pizza is a yeasted flatbread typically topped with tomato sauce and cheese and  baked open faced pie consisting of a thin layer of dough topped with tomato sauce’ cheese’ peppers’ sausage’ vegetables’ mushrooms. The word pizza first appeared in a Latin text from the southern Italy town of Gaeta the type of pizza you find at a take out or eat in restaurant is generally not healthy because of the refined carbohydrates saturated fats and amount of sodium it contains. The pizza you can make at home out of fresh and healthy ingredients is however a very healthy and tasty alternative. While pizza can be healthy if you make it the right way most of the pizza you buy counts as junk food because of the high amount of refined carbohydrates fat and sodium it contains. Your pizza will be as healthy unhealthy as you make it. A typical pizza in essence is baked dough with some tomato sauce mozzarella cheese and one or two additional toppings. Let's take those one by one the dough pretty much a large piece of white bread. A 1 slice serving 105 g of a 13 inch pizza with a regular crust and cheese topping contains approximately 273 calories. It also contains 13 g of protein 11 g of fat 3 g saturated and 35 g carbohydrate 5 g sugar. A whole 14 inch pizza on the other hand contains a whopping 2398 calories. Over eating pizzas may raise your blood cholesterol levels and make you prone to heart diseases. Those who feel it as a junk food can create their own pizza by selecting their personal favorite kind of crust which is healthier and choose from the topping which is healthier than the rest. The options for what you can get are endless. Commercial pizzas are loaded with white flour and cheese, which increase the calorie value of the food. Childhood obesity and obesity in teens are primarily caused by the habit of consuming pizza. Eating pizza also results in dangerously higher level intake of sodium and saturated fat. The benefits of vegetarian pizza depend on several factors, such as the type of the dough how the vegetables are prepared and what toppings are used. It is better to use fresh or grilled vegetables as topping and low fat cheese like mozzarella which provides protein and calcium. A vegetarian dish is one that does not contain any meat including chicken, beef and seafood. Among the best and easy to make vegetarian pizzas classic vegetarian pizza tomatoes’ green and black olives’ green peppers’ onions’ mushrooms’ and mozzarella. With strong flavor onion provides taste and health benefits to your pizza. It lowers your blood sugar cholesterol and blood pressure onion reduces the risk of colon cancer due to fiber and vitamin C. Olives are full of unsaturated fats that fight heart disease and lower cholesterol. There is no pizza without tomatoes. Sliced tomatoes make great toppings providing benefits due to vitamin A and C folic acid. Spinach is not only loaded with antioxidants but it is full of iron magnesium and vitamin K. Low in sodium’ fat’ cholesterol and calories mushrooms help prevent chronic disease due to the presence of antioxidants and beneficial dietary fibers. Green vegetable you can add to your pizza is broccoli full of vitamin A’ C and K. It offers significant anti cancer effects. The benefits of vegetarian pizza depend on several factors such as the type of the dough, how the vegetables are prepared and what toppings are used. It is better to use fresh or grilled vegetables as topping and low fat cheese like mozzarella which provides protein and calcium. I wish there was a tree like pizza’ I would be there all day.