2006-12-03 07:29:43 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
It can be. Usually the stuff that they feed you at large chain pizza places is packed full of grease and low quality ingredients. Also, the meats used on pizza are typically very fatty and veggies are sparsely distributed. Pizza can be a healthy food though. Here are some tips:
1. make your own. Its always nice to have that type of quality control
2. use more fresh veggies and less meats as toppings. you could even get creative and try different dried or fresh fruits.
3. steer clear of ranch style sauces and go for tomato or pesto kinds.
4. use less cheese, or simply try a skim version of your usual.
5. try a thin crust or make your own using whole wheat flour rather than all purpose. It's easier to digest.
6. DON'T EAT THE CRUST! After you've gotten through the best part of your piece of pizza, ditch the plain leftover crust. A lot of people don't realize that by doing that you are letting go of about 100 empty calories each time.
2006-12-03 08:03:21 · answer #1 · answered by lunachick 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not junk food, it takes some preparation time and good basic elements like cheese, flour, oil, tomatoes, yeast, it is normally low fat if it is home made and part of the Mediterranean diet, which is a healthy diet
2006-12-03 15:34:14 · answer #2 · answered by international 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i dont really consider pizza junk some doctors say it actually healthy depending on what you get on it. and plus i eat pizza like every other week.
2006-12-03 15:32:59 · answer #3 · answered by Monique P 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all. It has pizza sauce which is considered a fruit serving. and the cheese is dairy and the crust is bread group. It is alot healthier than a hamburger!
2006-12-03 15:39:44 · answer #4 · answered by drsmokeitup 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Commercially made pizzas classify as junkfood when they're made using white flour and processed meats, plus cheap industrial sauces and processed cheese. But it is perfectly possible to make fabulous non-junkfood pizzas at home by using wholegrain flower, premium, if any, meats, and real Mozzarella cheese.
2006-12-03 15:34:27 · answer #5 · answered by Tahini Classic 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah... cause its bad for you... so like when you have a party you have chips, cookies, drinks,and pizza those r all junk food!! ...also it means food with high calories and few nutreitons... AKA pizza
2006-12-03 15:37:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes and no pizza can be healthy depends how u do it like u can make it a chocolate one or u can make it healthy like white pizza with spinach and broccoli or with peppers green red yellow and onions or u can do ham and pinapple and u can make it bad and doo buffalo style or pasta
you can make it healthy by meat but some meats are fatt like pepperoni sausage and meat balls and u can have too much sauce and too much cheese
2006-12-03 16:23:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
it really depends, since pizza has all the food groups, but is fatty. just dont eat it all the time
2006-12-03 15:50:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. Actually pizza can be very healthy. Choose thin crust, less cheese, less meat and more veggies.
2006-12-03 15:32:53 · answer #9 · answered by classic 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i would call it a take away.. ppl consider chinese and subway take away food and they are fairly good for you compared to maccas Hj's fish and chips etc.. some pizzaz can be good for you but then you get ones that have heaps of meat, cheese and other fatty things on them that have nearly 5-6 gms of fat on each slice!
2006-12-03 17:47:18 · answer #10 · answered by *L-I-V-E* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋