You Can Have a Healthy Pizza ; As Much Fibre As a Bowl of Cereal the Same Protein As a Pork Chop They Can Even Count As One of Your Five-a-Day

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Pizza must be recession-proof - last year we spent Pounds 721million on the Italian fast-food. Even Madonna, who usually follows a strict macrobiotic diet, was tempted to try one for the first time last week on the Late Show With David Letterman in the US.

However, last week's report that a simple cheese-and-tomato pizza from a High Street chain could contain three-quarters of the daily limit of saturated fat made for alarming reading. The study, from consumer watchdog Which?, also found that some contain more than half the recommended daily amount of salt.

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You Can Have a Healthy Pizza ; As Much Fibre As a Bowl of Cereal the Same Protein As a Pork Chop They Can Even Count As One of Your Five-a-Day

Yet you can still have your pizza and eat it. Simply head to the supermarket where healthier, fresh options contain a fraction of the calories, fat and salt.

'Char-grilled vegetable toppings are rich in potassium, which helps muscle cells to function, while the tomato sauce contains lycopene which has been shown to reduce the chance of pr...

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