We asked the Nutrition and Food Studies Department of Montclair State University to analyze a plain slice: dough, tomato sauce and mozzarella. They examined three slices from three area pizzerias.<\/p>\n
The consolidated result? According to the analysis conducted by Rebecca Yellin, one of the department\u2019s top students, a typical slice packs, a typical slice packs 318 calories, 18 grams of protein, 11 grams of fat (7 of which are saturated) and 565 milligrams of sodium. While that doesn\u2019t upend the USDA\u2019s recommended 2,000 calories a day, the distribution isn\u2019t ideal.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe slice contains one-third the daily recommendation for calcium and some protein, but not much else,\u201d says professor Charles Feldman. The dough provides little fiber; the cheese is high in fat. \u201cEating one slice once in a while is okay,\u201d Feldman says.<\/p>\n
But who eats just one? With fat and salt levels high, three slices would deliver about 75 percent of the daily recommended intake for sodium and total fat.<\/p>\n
And that\u2019s plain pizza. Make it a pepperoni slice, and you add 140 calories, 13 more grams of fat (5 saturated) and 450 more milligrams of sodium. You\u2019re \u201cat or exceeding the recommended limits for fat and particularly sodium,\u201d Feldman says. \u201cA better alternative would be a vegetable topping such as broccoli rabe, which would add vitamins A and C, with little negative consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n
Still, a single slice, if you can stick to that, beats a Big Mac, a bomb cyclone of 540 calories, 28 grams of fat (10 saturated), 25 grams of protein and 950 milligrams of sodium, according to McDonald\u2019s own Nutrition Calculator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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