3. Pizza
According to MayoClinic.com, the average American consumes 46 pieces of pizza per year. While homemade pizza can be nutritious, most store-bought pizza is considered junk food due to the high quantity of refined carbohydrates, oil, and sodium it contains. Pizza crust is usually created with refined wheat, which is flour that has had the germ and bran removed from grains. The flour’s fiber, vitamin, and mineral content is reduced, making it less nutritious. According to the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, refined grains should be limited and whole grains should account for at least half of your daily grain servings. According to a research published in “The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition” in November 2010, eating refined grains like those present in pizza increases the risk of abdominal fat, especially the more dangerous type of abdominal fat known as visceral abdominal fat. According to Harvard Medical School, visceral belly fat raises your risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and breast cancer.
Pizza cheese is high in saturated fat, which raises your risk of heart disease and high cholesterol. Cheese pizza has 18.5 grams of fat per 5-ounce meal, or 28% of the recommended fat requirement. Saturated fat accounts for around 6.5 grams of this fat, or 33% of the daily value. Because meat is another important source of saturated fat, adding meat to your pizza will boost the fat and saturated fat content of your pizza.
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