Pizza

[LRSU_Dog]

Pizza comes in many forms, and can be bad or good... Of course if you buy and eat pizza from a major vendor there is a lot of fat involved - however many forms of pizza, like any other food, when taken in moderation is not bad. Trying to eat a large delivered pizza in one setting is not good...

I like pizza, and buy the frozen types as opposed to going to a burger joint, but prefer to make my own - not that hard to do, but can be time consuming. I go easy on the cheese and meat, and like to use a lot of veggies with a thin foccacia or multi-grain crust. If you go sparingly on oils and fats a slice or two of pizza can easily be part of a healthy diet.

When I was in Basic Training (Infantry OSUT) we would get pizza delivered periodically prior to a heavy training day that involved road marching and a variety of other physical activities - all on the idea of carbing up... And trust we used up those carbs - but unused carbs do end up as fat, so keep that in mind... A thick crust is carbolicious... Cheese in moderation also supports a healthy diet, so avoid extra cheesey fat intake.

When buying frozen pizza check the label for the nutrition info... if it is high in fat and sodium a red flag should go up... if you get delivery a lot, see if they have any nutritional info you can use to reference against a good sound healthy diet.

[Chris89]

How about a big juicy hambuger or Steak is that good or not?

-Chris

[LRSU_Dog]

Ultimately that depends on your diet goals. As to hamburger, although it can be purchased as 90-93% lean, it still has a demonstrated fat content at 10%. Your standard hamburgers are anywhere from 20 to 30% fat.

Steaks come in many shapes and cuts, and marbling is fat, go for a lean cut that shows minimal or no marbling. A steak size (serving size) should be roughly the size of a deck of playing cards.

As Always your question refers to the standard use of common sense.