Why is pizza considered unhealthy?

Question

Tonight me and my hubby made one from stuff from our garden, lots of good veggies, I would think thats healthy, but only hear bad stuff about pizza. Any great healthy recipes, for crust and sauces?

Several good answers, but me and my hubby dont drink any milk, I dont like it and we eat tons of cheese, any kind and cottage cheese, so i dont feel bad putting this on our pizza. Cheese is how we get our calcium.

Answer 1

I just had a dinner party for 9 people last night and my homemade pizza was a hit.
A tip- to make the crust a bit healthier and heartier, I always use 1/2 wheat four and 1/2 regular four in a standard recipe.
Also- forgo the sauce. After rollling out the dough, I brushed it with a little garlic and olive oil. Then, layered on some thinly sliced garden tomatos.
Then, go light on the cheese. Just a light covering, and layer with veggies. Healthy!

Answer 2

the veggies are good.. its the cheese and crust that are usually the "bad" things... and when you put meat on it- all the fat from typical toppings like pepperoni. Also.. the crust is basically bread and bread isnt all that good for you.. it contains a lot of carbs and calories and when you get especially the pizza place (fast food) pizza it is very fattening. I would suggest using a thin ccrust whole grain crust to reduce calories as well as increasing the whole grain - a "good" carb. I sometimes make pizza using "flat out bread" it is a tortilla like bread product but has a LOT less calories and when used for a crust makes a nice crispy crust on the outside and the middle is a little soft yuo can get them in tamato basil flavor wich goes great with a pizza flavor :) Also try using a reduce fat chees and use a little bit less. For some added zing you can add a little carlic and italian seasoning to the sauce.

Answer 3

I think it's when you're talking about a thick crust, lots of greasy cheese and greasy meats that it becomes unhealthy. I'm not even sure the thick crust matters as much as the grease/fat, which DOES contain tons of "bad" cholesterol and calories. People also don't realize that some pizza sauce contains a LOT of sugar. I think if you stick with veggies and low-fat cheeses (I can't personally tell the difference between whole-milk and part-skim mozzarella), along with a minimum of meat (if any), you'll have a perfectly healthy meal.

Answer 4

Cheese has tons of fat. Sauce has nothing good heatlh wise and tons of carbs and calories. The dough is just tons of bread with no nutritional value other than calories and carbs. Basically, pizza is one of the fattiest most high calorie foods out there. Long distance runners eat it to fill their bodies with so much that they burn on a long run. I love pizza and eat it often but honestly it's one of the worst possible things you can eat. What veggies you put on it does not make it healthy. You put them on top of something that is already bad for you. It's like putting a mushroom on top of a piece of chocolate and wondering if it's good or bad for you.

Answer 5

If you eat pizza in moderation, then why not? What makes it unhealthy is the fatty meats, like pepperoni and sausage, and the garlic butter that some people eat on it. I disagree that cheese is bad for you. Especially when you buy part skim mozzarella cheese. So, go for it, I like it with lots of veggies too.

Answer 6

Pizzas purchased from fast food outlets are generally fatty with little concern for the quantity or quality of vegetables on them. as a result they are normally full of fatty flavour and little fibre. the problem with pizza is the cheese. too much is bad for you.

On the other hand it's very easy to make a healthy pizza. Try things like mushrooms, snow peas, egg plant, fresh tomato, onion, fetta cheese (rather than tasty/mozarella cheese), pumpkin, garlic. Reduce the amount of cheese on your pizza. Then you'll be able to enjoy the taste of the other vegetables.

As for meats, try starting with low fat meats and cook them yourself - like chicken strips, beef mince, beef strips, lamb - in extra virgin olive oil.

sauce ideas might include - sweet chilli, chilli, curry, apricot chutney, and good old tomato.

The beauty about pizza is you can put pretty much anything you want on it and it's a tasty way to eat vegetables.

Answer 7

well at least you had a home-made pizza with garden veggies. As long as you dont eat too much pizza from fast food restaurants should be fine. Pizza has lots of grease in it which is bad for you.

Answer 8

Pizza is considered unhealthy as it is a fast food. It has cheese spread on it which has many calories. Even pizza bas many calories. To make a fit body we should take a balanced diet and taking too much pizzas can damage your teeth also.

Answer 9

You can make healthy pizza.

Make your own crust, cut down on the fatty cheese and add more veggies.

My favourite pizza crust recipe:
3/4 oz. active dried yeast
2 TBSP raw sugar
just over 1 pint tepid water
just over 2lb strong bread flour
1 TBSP salt
A squeeze of lemon juice

some extra flour for dusting

Dissolve the yeast and sugar in half the tepid water.

On a clean surface or in a large bowl, make a pile of flour and salt.
Make a well in the centre, and pour in the dissolved yeast mixture.
With four fingers of one hand, make circular movements from the centre moving outwards, slowly bringing in more and more of the flour, until all the yeast mix is soaked up.
Pour the other half of the tepid water into the centre and lemon juice, gradually incorporating all the flour to make a moist dough.
(Certain flours may need a little more water, so adjust the quantitites.)

Roll, push and fold the dough over and over for five minutes, (I do this for 15-25min, makes it nice and chewy) to develop the gluten and structure of the dough.

If any of the dough sticks to your hands, just rub them together with a little flour.

Flour both your hands well, and lightly flour the top of the dough.

Make it into a roundish shape, and place on a baking tray. Deeply score the dough with a knife, allowing it to relax and prove with ease.

Leave it to prove until it's doubled in size. Ideally you want a warm, moist, draught-free place for the quickest prove, for example near a warm cooker, in the airing cupboard or just in a warmish room, and you can even cover it with clingfilm, if you want to speed things up.

This proving process improves the flavour and texture of the dough, and should take around 40 minutes, depending on the conditions.

When the dough has doubled in size, you need to knock the air out of it by bashing it around for a minute. Shape it into whatever shape you want - round, flat, filled, trayed up or tinned up - and leave it to prove for a second time until it doubles in size again.

Don't feel a need to rush through this, because the second proving time will give it a lovely, delicate soft texture.

You can use this dough for pizza crust or make lovely foccacia bread. Roll it out as flat and thin as possible for pizza crust and poke holes in the bottom.

Top with sauce + toppings and bake at 350 for 15-25mins depending on what your toppings are.

Answer 10

Pizza ca be healthy, the unhealthy types are the kinds that have alot of fatting cheeses, and meat. If you make one, say with low fat cheese and vegetables, than this is considered healthy!