On Tue, 21 Nov 2006 10:49:59 -0800, Adam Sroka <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>This actually isn't new advice. I read in a bodybuilding magazine about
>ten years ago that pizza was an "ideal" food in every way except for
>sodium. This was based on the mainstream view that calories from food
>should be 15% protein, 60% carbs, 25% fat with most of the fat being
>unsaturated and most of the carbs being complex. Plain cheese pizza
>comes very close to this "ideal."
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I hadn't seen this argument before. What I had seen before regarding 
eating pizza and bodybuilding was that it was a quick and easy way 
to "bulk up" (add calories, and therefore, weight). I don't recall seeing 
pizza being promoted as an ideal health food. The closest thing I've seen 
to that is when people advocate eating pizzas with thin, whole grain 
crusts and veggie toppings, as a healthier alternative to standard pizzas.