Low-fat pizza is actually a very healthy meal because of all of the different ingredients including vegetables and proteins that are in the food. Of course, like any meal if you eat too much of a good thing it can distort the vitamins and nutrients that your body needs.
The problem with most pizzas is that they are made from low quality ingredients, and have a lot of fat in the dough and the sauce. Think about it for a minute. Fast food submarine sandwiches have helped people lose a lot of weight so why would pizza be any different? In fact, pizza has less carbohydrates per ounce of food than a submarine sandwich.
The great thing about pizza is that by mixing up your toppings you can create a new meal every night. As long as you keep an open mind you would be surprised at the great concoctions you can create.
You have to realize that you need to either make your own low-fat pizza, or if you’re lucky enough to live in a city with a high quality independent pizzeria you may be able to buy an excellent low fat meal.
The first thing to check with your local pizzeria is the quality of flour that they use to make their dough, and whether or not they add anything to their dough besides olive oil. If the flour is very high protein content then it’s healthier for you, and it will increase your metabolism faster than a low protein content flour. High protein content flours will have between 12% and 15% protein by weight.
The most important thing, however, is the quality of the cheese. Most people assume that all cheeses are created equal. That’s simply not true. There are hundreds of blends of mozzarella, and they all have different moisture content and fat content. In fact, two mozzarella cheeses with the very same water content and fat content will cook and taste completely different. And in addition, these two cheeses will have different effects on your diet.
If you want to take an extreme approach you can even request your local pizzeria to make their pizza without any dough. This has become a fairly common type of pizza for people on low carbohydrate diets. If your local pizzeria doesn’t know how to do this is just tell them to use a pita with the normal pizza toppings. They won’t have to bake the pizza nearly as long because there is no dough to cook.